A 15-year old boy in Pittston, Maine shot himself in the hand with his grandfather’s two -shot Derringer today.  Police said the boy went behind a garage wearing a coat that belonged to his grandfather.  The boy found the pistol in a pocket and “tried to pull the hammer back, when his thumb slipped off, releasing the hammer and causing the firing pin to strike a .410-gauge shotgun shell.”

Police found  that there was an empty .410-gauge shotgun shell and one Colt .45 bullet still loaded in the chamber.  Police do not intend to file charges in connection with the incident.

Source:

“Boy Accidentally Shoots Himself in Hand with Pistol in Pittston,”  Kennebec Journal (January 6, 2021).