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One injured in accidental shooting at pawn shop
02/22/2014 7:53 PM
From the city of Greenville: Officers from the Greenville Police Department responded this morning to a call regarding a possible accidental shooting.
The call came in at approximately 10:35 a.m. from Greenville Pawn. Upon arrival at the scene, officers located the wounded man, 63-year-old David Michael Tilger of Point, and saw what appeared to be a gunshot wound to the victim’s head.
Based upon information and evidence gathered at the scene, it appears a customer had been handed a pistol from the store’s display case. The customer pointed the barrel of the pistol away from the display and was examining the weapon when he touched the trigger and the pistol discharged.
The bullet fired struck Tilger, who was browsing in a different area of the store, in the head. Greenville Fire-Rescue and AMR responded to the scene and Tilger was transported by Air Evac air ambulance to Parkland Hospital in Dallas.
As of 1:30 p.m., the victim was in critical, but stable, condition at Parkland Hospital.
It appears, at this time, the shooting was a tragic accident and no arrest was made.
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02/22/2014 7:53 PM
From the city of Greenville: Officers from the Greenville Police Department responded this morning to a call regarding a possible accidental shooting.
The call came in at approximately 10:35 a.m. from Greenville Pawn. Upon arrival at the scene, officers located the wounded man, 63-year-old David Michael Tilger of Point, and saw what appeared to be a gunshot wound to the victim’s head.
Based upon information and evidence gathered at the scene, it appears a customer had been handed a pistol from the store’s display case. The customer pointed the barrel of the pistol away from the display and was examining the weapon when he touched the trigger and the pistol discharged.
The bullet fired struck Tilger, who was browsing in a different area of the store, in the head. Greenville Fire-Rescue and AMR responded to the scene and Tilger was transported by Air Evac air ambulance to Parkland Hospital in Dallas.
As of 1:30 p.m., the victim was in critical, but stable, condition at Parkland Hospital.
It appears, at this time, the shooting was a tragic accident and no arrest was made.
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