That could have been much worse: a drunken 55-year-old wanted to present his gun at a party in Aspach (Braunau district, Upper Austria). A shot was fired and hit the host (32). On the same day he celebrated the birth of his daughter. The Ried public prosecutor’s office is now investigating.
Gross negligence serious bodily injury: The Public Prosecution Service is investigating the 55-year-old Burgkirchner who drunkenly handled a gun at a party and unintentionally hit the 32-year-old host and young father in the arm with a bullet, the “Krone”, reported. “The maximum penalty for this is two years in prison,” said Alois Ebner, spokesperson for the Ried public prosecutor’s office. However, the penalty will not be that high if the investigation substantiates the previous story.
Accidents involving firearms happen again and again
Accidents involving firearms occur again and again in Upper Austria. However, these only end fatally in rare cases: Statistics Austria has reported only five fatal incidents in Upper Austria since 2000. However, gunshot wounds can have devastating consequences.
Paralyzed after being shot
It was only in 2019 that a 25-year-old cadre soldier accidentally shot his 26-year-old friend in the chest. The nine millimeter bullet hit his lung and the ninth cervical vertebra – the student trainer has since been paralyzed. His liver was also damaged and bled for three days. The 25-year-old unlucky gunman was sentenced by the court in Linz to five months in prison and a fine of 2,400 euros.
Source: Krone
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