Eagle Pass 10 Year Old Boy Accidentally Shoots Himself With Grandfather’s Deer Hunting Rifle

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017

An 10 year old boy from Eagle Pass, Texas accidentally shot himself in the right leg with his grandfather’s deer hunting rifle on Saturday, December 16, 2017, at approximately 3:30 P.M..

Allegedly, the 10 year old boy handled the rifle and it accidentally went off, firing a bullet wound to his right leg area.

Nearby Eagle Pass Police Officers heard the shot and immediately responded to the scene of the accident and rendered first aid to the young boy, applying a tourniquet to stop the bleeding from his right leg.

The Eagle Pass Fire Department EMS Amulance Service transported the 10 year old boy to the Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center for medical treatment.  After being stabilized, the 10 year old boy was airlifted to a San Antonio, Texas medical center for treatment of his serious leg wound caused by a bullet from his grandfather’s deer hunting rifle.

The case is under investigation and it is unknown if the child’s grandfather will be charged with any type of offense.