A Parkman, Maine 18-year old who was target shooting with friends was struck and killed today. According to the report, one of the rounds the teen fired struck a steel plate, ricocheted, and killed the boy. There is an ongoing investigation. Source: “Man Dead After Parkman Shooting Accident,” WABI 5 (September 9, 2022).
Tag: Bullet strikes shooter after ricochet
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
In Columbus, Ohio, a man who was attempting to shoot at his former girlfriend’s car while she was driving had the bullet ricochet and strike him in the leg. Although the man told police that the woman had shot at him from her car, police investigation revealed that the round he fired is the one …
MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2020
In Maquoketa, Iowa, a 20-year old man falsely claimed that he was shot in the abdomen by an unknown assailant outside his home. Upon investigation, police learned that he accidentally shot himself. The wounded man, Thomas A. Detro, “admitted in an interview that he walked outside with a revolver and fired multiple ‘warning’ shots into …