A Dunedin man was transported to hospital after accidentally shooting himself in the foot. Senior Sergeant Anthony Bond, of Dunedin, said police were called to an address in Kenmure Rd, Kenmure at 10.20pm yesterday after a report of a shooting wound. When police arrived they knocked on the front door, and the 59-year-old man answered with a small bleeding hole through the top of his foot. The man shot himself with a high-powered air rifle, Snr Sgt Bond said. Hato Hone St John attended and transported the man to hospital.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 26, 2024 10:45 UTC