WA: hunter shoots self in foot

October 28, 2010

Aberdeen hunter shoots self in foot

ABERDEEN, Wash. (AP) - An Aberdeen man accidentally shot himself in the foot during a hunting trip.

Grays Harbor County Undersheriff Rick Scott says the man was driving with two friends in a truck Tuesday when his rifle fired.

The Aberdeen Daily World reports the bullet went through his right foot, through the floorboard and punctured a tire.

He was taken to Grays Harbor Community Hospital in Aberdeen.

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