EATON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Police are investigating a hunting accident.
On Saturday, at approximately 11:30 p.m., deputies from the Ionia County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the 4000 block of W Lincoln Ave in Easton Township for a victim that sustained a single gunshot wound to the hand.
From preliminary investigation, police say that the male was coyote hunting with a couple of his friends.
As they were walking back to their vehicle, the suspect’s rifle that was mounted to a tripod, came apart and fell to the ground.
The suspect went to grab the gun while it was falling and it discharged.
The victim sustained a single gunshot wound to his left hand.
The victim was transported to Butterworth Hospital for non-life threatening injuries.
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