Firefighter shot in groin during Michigan brush fire – gun was in his pocket
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Trace Christenson, Battle Creek Enquirer:
Seven fire departments fought a grass fire most of the afternoon Monday and before it was over one firefighter suffered a gunshot wound.
About 7 p.m. a firefighter from Athens suffered an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound to the groin. He was brought to the highway and taken by Lifecare Ambulance to Bronson Battle Creek for treatment of non-life threatening injury, Cunningham said.
A firefighter from Athens suffered a gunshot wound to his leg on Monday after being dispatched to help with a massive grass fire burning along I-94 between Beadle Lake Road and G Drive North in Calhoun County’s Emmett Township.
Apparently his gun that he had a permit to carry, discharged accidentally in his pocket.
Police say he is a CPL carrier, and the gun was in his pocket when it discharged.
Authorities say the firefighter was shot in the groin but is doing well in the hospital.
