3 hurt in accidental shooting at NC gun show

January 19, 2013 @ 3:59 pm

Associated Press

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Officials say three people were wounded when gunfire erupted at a gun show at the North Carolina state fairgrounds.

It happened Saturday at the Dixie Gun and Knife Show, a quarterly event that usually draws thousands of people.

State agriculture department spokesman Brian Long says a 12-gauge shotgun discharged while its owner unzipped its case for a law enforcement officer to check it at a security entrance.

Two bystanders were hit by shotgun pellets and taken to a hospital. A retired deputy sheriff suffered a slight hand injury.

Long says the shotgun's owner, 36-year-old Gary Lynn Wilson of Wilmington, brought the weapon to the show to find a private buyer.

Wake County Sheriff Donnie Harrison says it's too early to know whether Wilson might be charged.

The show shut down early Saturday but will reopen Sunday.


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  • shark75 wrote...
    In other news: 20,000 gang shootings in U.S.
    January 19, 2013 1:08 pm
    Didn't see any article about that or hear about anyone wanting to take the guns away from them...
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  • hpygolkyone wrote...
    Only My Opinion................
    January 19, 2013 4:01 pm
    But......if only gang members were allowed to have gun shows, than maybe the only people being shot at gun shows would be gang members? And..........since every idiot at a gun show feels a need to shoot their guns....then the gang population will cull it's own membership.
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  • CH wrote...
    Let me get this stright -
    January 19, 2013 4:38 pm
    gang members are republicans?
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