Posted October 11, 2016 12:00 pm by Comments

By Justin Stakes

Ken Kovach
Ken Kovach (Credit: Michigan Department of Natural Resources)
Michigan DNR
Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Lansing, MI -(AmmoLand.com)- Michigan Department of Natural Resources conservation officer Ken Kovach helped save the life of a St. Clair County man Monday who had accidentally shot himself with his pistol.

Kovach was the first on the scene of a reported self-inflicted gunshot wound at a residence in Wales Township, which is a community of roughly 3,000 residents, situated about 50 miles east of Flint, along I-69.

The unidentified 51-year-old male, who works in a military capacity, was at his home doing laundry with a Star 9 mm pistol holstered to his leg.

The pistol fell out of the holster, struck the concrete floor and discharged. A round from the weapon struck the man’s right bicep and continued through his arm and out the other side.

Dispatchers summoned police and emergency personnel to the scene at 1:37 p.m.

“When CO Kovach arrived on scene, the victim had made his way from the home to the outside of the dwelling, where he was laying on the grass, bleeding profusely,” said Sgt. Todd Szyska, a DNR area law supervisor for three counties, including St. Clair.

With the loss of blood, the …Read the Rest

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