UNION COUNTY, IOWA – An Iowa man had to undergo surgery to remove a bullet from his thigh after his holster snagged the trigger of his pistol, firing the projectile into his body.
A 24-year-old Afton, Iowa man suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his thigh while checking traps in rural Union County Sunday morning, November 13.
Zachery Springer had shot a raccoon that was caught in a set with his .22 caliber pistol and when he was holstering the pistol, the strap of the holster that holds the gun in place entered the trigger guard. As he pushed the gun further into the holster, the strap tightened against the trigger causing the gun to fire, shooting Springer in the upper thigh.
Springer was transported to Greater Regional Medical Center in Creston where he underwent surgery to remove the bullet.
