UPDATE @ 2:56 p.m. 12/10/17

According to Dennis Brown, Deputy Bryon Walker is investigating an apparent accidental shooting Saturday afternoon near Garrison that seriously injured a 14-year-old boy.

Walker said 911 dispatchers were notified of the incident about 2:30 p.m. Saturday on Bill Chain Road when the father of the youth called to report it.

Walker said Kaden Lawhorn had been handling a 9mm Cobra derringer pistol on the front porch of his home when he reportedly dropped the firearm and it discharged.

Walker said the bullet went into the youth's knee, exited from his thigh, and entered his abdomen damaging his liver.

He said the boy was airlifted by medical helicopter from a landing zone that had been established on the AA Highway at Montgomery Road. He was taken to Cabell-Huntington Hospital in Huntington, West Virginia.

Walker said Lawhorn underwent surgery at the trauma center Saturday evening to remove the bullet and added the prognosis is good.

Kaden Lawhorn is the son of Sondra Lawhorn and Scotty Lawhorn, both of Garrison.

Walker, who is continuing the investigation into the incident, was assisted at the scene by Deputy Gary Erwin, Portsmouth Ambulance, Garrison Fire and Rescue, Black Oak Fire and Rescue, and Firebrick Fire and Rescue.

The Lewis County Sheriff tells WSAZ a 14-year-old boy accidentally shot himself in the leg and abdomen while target practicing.

Law enforcement says it happened on Bill Chain Road in the Garrison area. The teen boy had been target practicing when he dropped the gun on the porch and it went off, hitting him in the leg. The bullet went through his leg and into his abdomen.

The boy was flown to the hospital, and we’re told the injuries do not appear to be life threatening.