Two men accidentally shot in parking lot of International Sportsmen's Expo
SANDY, Utah — (KUTV) - Two men are recovering from gunshot wounds after an accidental discharge in the parking lot of the Mountain America Expo Center in Sandy where the International Sportsmen's Expo was being held.
According to Jason Nielsen from the Sandy Police Department, the two adult men were sitting in their car at 3:45 p.m. on Saturday when one tried to hand a firearm off to the other.
The gun discharged hitting one man in the hand, ricocheting and hitting the other man in the leg.
Both were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Sandy police are not treating the incident as a criminal situation.
Sandy police urge people to treat every firearm as if it's loaded saying safety should be "first and foremost all the time."
