By Calgary Herald
Police say a costumed nine-year-old girl was accidentally shot by a relative who thought she was a skunk outside their home during a Halloween party.
New Sewickley Township police say the girl was over a hillside and wearing a black costume and a black hat with a white tassel.
Chief Ronald Leindecker says a male relative mistook her for a skunk and fired a shotgun, hitting her in the shoulder Saturday night.
Leindecker told the Beaver County Times that the girl was alert and talking when she was flown to a hospital about 50 kilometres away.
Her condition was unavailable.
Leindecker says the man hadn’t been drinking and he doesn’t know whether charges will be filed.
New Sewickley Township police say the girl was over a hillside and wearing a black costume and a black hat with a white tassel.
Chief Ronald Leindecker says a male relative mistook her for a skunk and fired a shotgun, hitting her in the shoulder Saturday night.
Leindecker told the Beaver County Times that the girl was alert and talking when she was flown to a hospital about 50 kilometres away.
Her condition was unavailable.
Leindecker says the man hadn’t been drinking and he doesn’t know whether charges will be filed.
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We think he should at least get sprayed by a real skunk! -Ed.
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