LYON COUNTY —A Kansas teen was injured in an accidental shooting on Sunday in Lyon County.
Just before 1a.m., a 16-year-old Hartford, Kansas boy was carrying fishing gear and a .22-caliber handgun down an embankment in the 1400 block of Road M near the Neosho River south of Emporia to go fishing, according to a media release from the sheriff's office.
An unspecified dangerous animal startled the teen. As he started backing away, he fell and the gun to discharged into his lower left leg.
EMS transported the teen identified as Blaine Ashton McComsey to Coffey County Hospital in Burlington where he was treated and released. The sheriff's office did not report additional details on the animal involved.