CHESANING, MI — A man and a woman in were taken to a local hospital after a jammed firearm discharged while they were learning about gun safety, according to police in Saginaw County.

After 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23, deputies from the Saginaw County Sheriff’s Office responded to the incident in the 1900 block of Brady Road in Chapin Township. That’s near Chesaning.

When the deputies arrived, they found a 25-year-old Saginaw woman with four wounds to her abdomen from bullet fragments and a 47-year-old Midland man with a gunshot wound to his left hand, according to police.

A 23-year-old man from Birch Run was also present but unharmed, police said.

During the investigation, police determined the wounded male was teaching the other man and woman firearm safety. The firearm the female was using became jammed and, when the instructor went to clear the jam, the firearm discharged. Bullet fragments then struck the female in the abdomen.

Both victims were taken to local hospitals with non-life threatening wounds.

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