FAYETTE COUNTY, WV (WOWK) — Authorities say a Fayette County man was sent to the hospital after accidentally shooting himself while possibly intoxicated in Oak Hill, West Virginia, on Friday night.
Fayette County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the Hill N Dale Mobile Home Park just before midnight and found a man with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
Fayette County Sheriff Mike Fridley says witnesses told deputies the victim was “playing around” with the gun and did not know it was loaded. Deputies also believe the man was under the influence at the time of the incident.
Source: Fayette Co. man in hospital after accidentally shooting himself
