Posted on 10/05/2023 11:31:56 AM PDT by JSM_Liberty
A joyous wedding celebration in Nebraska took an unexpected turn when the wedding officiant accidentally shot his grandson in the shoulder after attempting to get wedding attendees to pay attention.
The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office said that 62-year-old Michael Gardner, from Odessa, Texas, had traveled to Nebraska to officiate a wedding Friday. During the ceremony, Gardner was carrying a Pietta model 1860 snub nose revolver and decided to fire a "blank" round from the handgun into the air to gather the attention of the wedding guests. However, the gun discharged, and the blank hit his 12-year-old grandson in his left shoulder. Wedding guests immediately called local police and first responders began to treat the boy, who had a deep laceration in the left shoulder. He was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
Police said that an initial investigation in Gardner's revolver revealed homemade "blank" rounds, consisting of black powder and glue, in the cylinder. They also found a discharged .45 Colt casing chambered in the revolver. On Monday, Gardner turned himself in at the Adult Correctional Facility. Authorities said he is facing a charge of child abuse for negligently firing a firearm and causing an injury. FOX 7 said that he faces up to three years in person and/or a $10,000 fine if convicted.
Chief Houchin from the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office said that while the grandfather did not intentionally hurt his grandson, "the act was not very smart." "Just another example that playing with firearms, no matter what, even if they’re blanks, bad things can certainly happen," Houchin said in a statement to FOX Television Stations. "We do not believe Michael intended to hurt his grandchild, but the act was not very smart."
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Now that’s a Shotgun Wedding!
I don’t recall that being part of the ceremony........... But I have seen shotguns....................
“ he faces up to three years in person”
.... uh, who brings a loaded firearm to a wedding?
It’s Texas.
people who murder people in new york get less time!
just attended a wedding that had multiple LEO’s...and they all were carrying!!
I wonder if this will be included in the wedding video?
*Nebraska He just brought the Texas with him.
Yep. You are correct. It’s ludicrous.
I was pointing out the poor editing. In person rather than in prison.
Shades of Marvin Gaye.
In Texas, ministers have to qualify every three months.
God bless Texas.
Who invited Alec Baldwin?
“...and decided to fire a “blank” round from the handgun into the air...”
So, his grandson was hovering overhead?
“So his grandsn was hovering overhead?”
Hey, everybody can’t be a crack shot...
I had a blank pistol a long time ago — the barrel was filled, and the rounds it shot were just gunpowder encased in a small metal shell.
Marvin Gaye was a coke addled insane man. His dad had enough of him verbally and physically abusing he and his wife. I don’t think he even went to jail. People are blind to famous people, associating them with beauty, when in fact they are very damaged and living in “the fantasy” world.
The point I was making was that the person in the article was shot by a family member. Whether Gaye was a coke addict or not, my comment was based on the fact that his own father shot him to death. The old man got off because he’d been diagnosed with a brain tumor, and he never did time for the crime he committed.
Your bring a gun to wedding for what ungodly reason????
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