Dyer County, Tenn. Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched Wednesday to a local gun shop after an employee accidentally shot himself in the hand, the Dyersburg State Gazette reported.
Jimmie Anderson, the owner of Old South Trading Co., told deputies that a customer had brought in a 9mm handgun for repairs. He said the firearm discharged into the left hand of the 69-year-old employee who handled it.
The customer told deputies that apparently one round was left in the chamber of the gun even though he said he had unloaded the magazine. The employee was transported to a county hospital for treatment, according to the Gazette.
