NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS—
Dairy Queen
Shooting by other person-unintentional · Gunshot wounds
Final narrative
On April 1, 2023, at 4:04 PM, two employees were talking as one employee stowed his belongings in the prep room. One employee began showing the injured employee his gun when it fired. The injured employee was shot in the arm and required hospitalization and surgery.
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