TAMAQUA, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say two teenagers were shot in eastern Pennsylvania by a man who says his rifle accidentally discharged while he was unloading it.
The state Game Commission says the bullet passed through a 14-year-old girl’s left knee and entered the abdomen of a 15-year-old boy Tuesday night in a wooded area behind Tamaqua Area High School.
The teens were taken by helicopter to hospitals for treatment.
There’s no immediate word Wednesday on their conditions. Officials did not release their names.
The Game Commission said Wednesday that a 52-year-old Tamaqua man told investigators he was unloading his rifle when the weapon accidentally fired.
The Game Commission says it’s too early to say if he’ll face charges.
A Schuylkill (SKOO’-kul) County 911 supervisor had mistakenly described the wounded teens Tuesday night ashunters.
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“The Game Commission says it’s too early to say if he’ll face charges.”
Actually it is too early to say that he won’t face any charges.
This is not an accident, it’s negligence.
So, it’s OK to shoot someone if you’re an idiot.
Two teens in the woods at night - bullet passes though one into the other. Why do I get the feeling someone was getting an eye full through the scope of his gun and squeezed the wrong penis?
Also shooting/hunting near a high school? That’s not what they teach you in hunters safety.
Yeow, a 2 fer.
I wonder which one had horns on it head. Or so he thought.
Amazing how many accidental discharges happen so often now a days. Hunting near a school has it’s advantages though. Less competition, nice field for the deer to meet, feed and frolic around. Just don’t miss, might hit a kid or 2. So much for forsight.
Need more guns