Incident
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9-03-2018 Tennessee Whitwell 1-1
Location
September 03, 2018
Whitwell, Tennessee
Participants
- Type: Victim
- Age Group: Teen 12-17
- Gender: Female
- Status: Injured
- Type: Subject-Suspect
- Name: Dustin Melton
- Age: 24
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Gender: Male
- Status: Injured, Arrested
Incident Characteristics
- Shot - Wounded/Injured
- Accidental Shooting
- Accidental Shooting - Injury
- Accidental/Negligent Discharge
- Cleaning gun
Notes
man watching football with friends accidentally shot himself when gun being unloaded went off, bullet traveled through his hand and also hit teenage girl
Guns Involved
1 gun involved.
- Type: Unknown
Sources
District
Congressional District: 4State Senate District: 16
State House District: 39