STEELE MAN ACCIDENTALLY SHOOTS HIMSELF AND WOMAN
According to Steele Police, a man in that town accidentally shot himself in the leg and a woman in the back with one unintended shot. Authorities say they responded Saturday to call about a woman who had been shot. When they arrived, they found 39 year old Laura Mayberry of Steele with a gunshot wound in her back. Officers began investigating, and located a 19 year old male who had fled the scene. The man said he was in the back seat of the car Mayberry was driving, when he accidentally shot himself while attempting to clear the chamber of a .25 caliber handgun. He told officers that the bullet hit his leg and then traveled through the seat, hitting Mayberry.
Mayberry was taken by helicopter to the Med in Memphis. The male was treated at Pemiscot County Hospital and then arrested. He faces charges of unlawful use of a weapon.
Written By: kwoc
Date Posted: 7/28/2010 11:47 AM
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