Man injured after shooting in Mauriceville

A man shot in the abdomen in Mauriceville Wednesday night may have been an accident, according to a press release from the Orange County Sheriff's Department.

The sheriff's department said it responded a call at 10:44 p.m. that Gaven J. Wilcox, 24, had been shot on the 6000 block of Lazy Lane in Mauriceville, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Department.

Wilcox was flown to Christus St. Elizabeth hospital in Beaumont where he underwent surgery. He is in stable condition.

The Sheriff's Department said investigators questioned several witnesses and believe the shooting may have been an accidentally occurred as Wilcox was trying to diffuse a disturbance among several people.