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Accidental pistol discharge injures youth at Prospect
Grady Burton’s automatic pistol discharged by mischance on a Prospect schoolhouse porch wounding Wesley Mendenhall in the right thigh. Both friends, Burton visiting from Oak Ridge, believed the weapon unloaded after removing the magazine. A physician treated the wound with antiseptic. no lasting harm expected.
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Grady Burton
Wesley Mendenhall
Prospect
Prospect Schoolhouse
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