Man shot in stomach near Fort Collins

A man was airlifted Saturday evening after he was accidentally shot in the torso near Fort Collins, authorities said.

Emergency crews were called about 6 p.m. Saturday to an area near Overland Trail and U.S. Highway 287 on a report of a shooting. An unidentified 29-year-old man was shot in the stomach about 6 miles north of the intersection and down Larimer County Road 21C, a dirt road that winds toward the Boettcher Quarry, said Larimer County Sheriff’s Office spokesman David Moore.

Poudre Valley Hospital EMS, Poudre Fire Authority and LCSO deputies responded to the area, and the man was transported by Air Link helicopter to an area hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. He was immediately taken into surgery and was in stable condition Saturday night, Moore said

“All things are point to an apparent accidental shooting,” he said, adding the shot did not appear to have been self-inflicted.

Additional details about what prompted the shot, who was with him or what he was shot with were not immediately released. An investigation is ongoing.

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