ROYALTON — Investigators are probing a Saturday afternoon incident in which a boy was shot through the upper thigh with a .22-caliber rifle, apparently while handing the weapon to his father.
Niagara County sheriff’s deputies said the two were shooting the rifle near a creek on their Mountain Road property just after noon. When they finished, they both climbed aboard an all-terrain vehicle to ride back to the house. When the boy handed the gun to his father, it accidentally discharged, striking the boy in the right thigh.
The bullet exited out the back of the boy’s leg, deputies said. He was taken to Medina Memorial Hospital for treatment, and investigators notified the state Child Abuse Hotline as a precautionary measure. An investigation into the incident is continuing.
Source: http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/niagaracounty/story/360678.html
Niagara County sheriff’s deputies said the two were shooting the rifle near a creek on their Mountain Road property just after noon. When they finished, they both climbed aboard an all-terrain vehicle to ride back to the house. When the boy handed the gun to his father, it accidentally discharged, striking the boy in the right thigh.
The bullet exited out the back of the boy’s leg, deputies said. He was taken to Medina Memorial Hospital for treatment, and investigators notified the state Child Abuse Hotline as a precautionary measure. An investigation into the incident is continuing.
Source: http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/niagaracounty/story/360678.html
