LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Accidents happen, but when the accident involves a firearm, someone typically goes to jail, as in the case of the arrest of 18-year-old Christopher Wayne Burdine-Davies.

Burdine-Davies was the backseat passenger in a car driving on Briarwood Court Wednesday night when he accidentally fired a handgun that he had, according to Lafayette police reports.

The bullet from that shot struck front-seat passenger Reginald William Webb, 18, in the left forearm, according to police.

The driver of the car immediately headed to nearby Franciscan Health Lafayette East, and police were called at 10:27 p.m. Wednesday.

Webb was treated for his wound, police said, and Burdine-Davies went to jail.

Police booked Burdine-Davies, of the 200 block of Washington Street, Lafayette, on preliminary charges of criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon, carrying a handgun without a license and possession of marijuana, according to Tippecanoe County Jail records.

He has since been released, according to online jail records.

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