Incident

9-03-2018 Tennessee Whitwell 1-1

Location

September 03, 2018

Incident Address
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

District

Congressional District: 4
State Senate District: 16
State House District: 39