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http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/n...ough-gun-store-clerk-shoots-own-hand-with-357
I wonder it this was Peter Dowd himself. It would be interesting if his LTC was revoked and his guns turned over to a bonded warehouse
I wonder it this was Peter Dowd himself. It would be interesting if his LTC was revoked and his guns turned over to a bonded warehouse
By Matt Lynch/Daily News staff
MetroWest Daily News
Posted Jul 25, 2008 @ 11:55 PM
NORTHBOROUGH —
An employee at the Village Gun Shop on Rte. 9 accidentally shot himself in the hand Thursday afternoon while handling a .357-caliber handgun, police said.
The shop sells and buys guns, and the employee was in the process of examining a Smith & Wesson .357 when he accidentally fired it, said Northborough Detective Sgt. Brian Griffin.
"He was in the process of clearing the gun to make sure there was no ammunition in the gun," said Griffin. "There was still a bullet in the chamber and it accidentally discharged into his hand."
Griffin said the employee was taken by ambulance to UMass Memorial Center in Worcester.
Griffin said the shot was fired at about 3 p.m. Thursday. Police do not believe a crime occurred, he said.
"It appears to be a clear accident," he said. "Anytime a weapon is discharged, especially at a gun dealership, we investigate."
(Matt Lynch can be reached at 508-490-7453 or [email protected].)