Salisbury Police Department Press Release 7-9-12

July 6, 2012 at approximately 10:50am, officers and detectives responded to the Emergency Room of Peninsula Regional Medical Center for a female subject that was being
treated for a gunshot wound.

It was learned from the female victim that she was seated in the living room of her residence located in the 1000 block of Bayshore Court. The victim’s spouse was in an adjoining room removing papers from a security box which also contained the spouse’s personal firearm. The spouse went to unload the firearm, a .38 Special revolver, and in doing so unintentionally fired a round that went through a door, a wall, and a entertainment center before striking the victim in her lower left leg. The victim was transported to the Emergency Room by her spouse.

After interviewing the victim, her spouse, the ER physician and meeting with the crime scene investigator, detectives determined that the firing of the firearm was unintentional.