By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
A local man suffered a gunshot wound while practicing firearm safety with a teen east of Salina Sunday afternoon.
Saline County Undersheriff Brent Melander said this morning that a 45-year-old Salina man and a 15-year-old Salina girl were target shooting with a 9mm handgun on a relative's property in the 900 block of N. Simpson Road when the shooting occurred at approximately 3:40 p.m. Sunday. The man told deputies that the two were practicing firearm safety when all of a sudden, it felt like someone had tackled him.
Melander said that the girl was handing the gun to the man when it began to slip. The girl grabbed for the gun and squeezed the trigger, shooting the man in the abdomen. The bullet exited through the man's back, Melander said.
The man was able to get ahold of another family member who took him to Salina Regional Health Center. Melander said the man's wound was serious but not life threatening.