Three injured after a firearm explodes at a Waukesha County gun range, sheriff's office says
Three people were injured, one of which was hospitalized, when a firearm exploded at a gun range in the town of Eagle on Wednesday, authorities say.
The Waukesha County Sheriff's Department said the incident happened at 11:12 a.m. at the McMiller Sports Center, 100 Walters Road.
Three people were injured by shrapnel when the 50-caliber muzzleloader exploded after being accidentally loaded two times before it was fired, the sheriff's department said in a news release. Muzzleloaders, unlike other rifles, are loaded by ramming the gunpowder and bullet down from the end of the barrel.
Two of the people received minor injuries and a 36-year-old man was transported to Froedtert with non-life threatening injuries to his hand and forearm.
Contact Drake Bentley at (414) 391-5647 or DBentley1@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @DrakeBentleyMJS.
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