Jennings County man shot in the face

A Jennings County man was hospitalized after a Thursday night shooting. Sgt. Andrew Richmond, spokesman for the North Vernon Police Department, says that just before 6 p.m.,officers were called to the emergency room of St. Vincent Jennings Hospital after the arrival of a shooting victim.

Investigators determined that the shooting was accidental. Authorities say the incident occurred in the 400 block of North Elm Street when 26-year-old Joshua L. Wray, of North Vernon, was manipulating a newly purchased .40 caliber handgun. The shooting victim, 19-year-old Michael J. Davenport, of Paris Crossing, was sitting next to Wray when the gun went off. Police say the bullet struck Davenport in the left cheek and exited the right cheek.

Sgt. Richmond says that Davenport was stabilized at St. Vincent Jennings ER before being flown to St. Vincent Indianapolis.