A Texas man accidentally shot a child while officiating a wedding in Lancaster County on Saturday, the sheriff’s office says.

Chief Deputy Ben Houchin said deputies were sent to a wedding at Hillside Events near Denton on a report of a gunshot wound.

Deputies learned that 62-year-old Michael Gardner, the wedding’s officiant, fired a gun to get everyone’s attention.

“He was going to fire in the air, and as he did that, it slipped and went off,” Houchin said.

The gun was loaded with a blank that Gardner made with gunpowder and glue.

  • Pratai@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    If the kid had a gun, that wouldn’t have happened, right? AMiRiTe?

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      Depends on if he’s a good kid or a bad kid, because it’s good people with guns that stop bad people with guns apparently…