A 10-year-old girl was hospitalized Sunday after being shot in the face with a pellet gun apparently fired by a 13-year-old boy, according to Shawano police reports.
Police were called to ThedaCare Medical Center-Shawano just after noon to investigate the incident, which occurred in a wooded area near Teddington Lane.
The boy told police he was checking to see if the gun’s safety was on when it was discharged, according to the police report.
Chief Mark Kohl said police are continuing to investigate the matter, including whether possible charges could be filed with the district attorney’s office.
The incident was one of 52 police logged over the weekend, including disturbances in the 400 block of South Main Street, 100 block of South Washington Street and 700 block of South Lincoln Street; a juvenile problem in the 100 block of Military Road; disorderly conduct at Lincoln and Center streets; an intoxicated person in the 800 block of East Richmond Street; warrant arrests at Fifth and Sawyer streets, and Lincoln and Richmond streets; property damage hit-and-runs at Green Bay and Ellis streets and in the 1300 block of East Lieg Avenue; a two-vehicle property damage accident in the 200 block of South Sawyer Street; and a deer accident in the 1300 block of East Green Bay Street.
Shawano County sheriff’s deputies logged 87 incidents over the weekend, including arrests for operating while intoxicated in the towns of Maple Grove and Wescott; a drug complaint at the Ho-Chunk Casino, N7198 U.S. Highway 45, in the town of Wittenberg; a citation for operating after revocation in Bowler; warrant arrests in the towns of Red Springs and Washington; disorderly conduct complaints in Cecil and town of Wescott; a juvenile problem in the town of Herman; and a harassment complaint in Gresham.