The Hartford Courant
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — An 81-year-old man accidentally shot himself while trying to combat a raccoon, police said.
Officers responded to Yale-New Haven Hospital shortly after 8 p.m. Saturday regarding a shooting, police said. When they arrived, James Pace Sr. told officers he had been having a problem with a large raccoon scratching at his back door.
Pace told police he armed himself with a .22 caliber rifle and waited for the raccoon to show, but while waiting, he sneezed and fell out of his chair. Police said it was then he realized he had accidentally shot himself in the shin.
Pace’s son drove him to the hospital for treatment. His injuries are non-life threatening, police said. Detectives are investigating.
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