DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say bullet fragments struck two people after a handgun went off in a man’s pocket at the Animal Rescue League in Des Moines.
Deputies were dispatched to the scene around 3 p.m. Sunday.
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office says the 27-year-old man was pulling something from the pocket when the gun fired.
The bullet bounced off the floor and fragmented. One fragment struck a 62-year-old woman in a leg and another hit a 9-year-old girl in a leg. Both were treated at a hospital and released. Their names haven’t been released.
Authorities say no charges will be filed against the man, Zackery Gwinn, of Grimes.
