REDMOND, Wash. — A man accidentally fired the gun he was legally carrying in ‘Sages Restaurant’ in Redmond on Friday and hit two people.
The Redmond Police Department said it happened around 8 p.m. The man was in the restaurant when his gun discharged and ricocheted off the floor, hitting a person in the elbow. Another person was hit with shrapnel. Both people were taken to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.
The man fled before officers arrived on the scene. Detectives believed the discharge was an accident and the man didn’t know the two people that were it. The man then surrendered himself and the gun at the Redmond police station and was booked into Score Jail. He was charged with reckless endangerment.
striking another customer in the elbow. A second victim was hit with shrapnel. Both victims were transported to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries. The suspect fled the location before officers arrived on scene.
— RedmondWaPD (@RedmondWaPD) June 17, 2023
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