SHELBY, NC (WBTV) — A man was shot Monday when one of his own booby traps went off while he was trying to feed squirrels at his North Carolina home, according to the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office.

The incident happened around 11:30 a.m. at a home on the 100 block of Blevins Drive. Investigators say a 68-year-old man opened his back door to feed the squirrels outside, and that’s when the booby trap went off.

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When he opened the door, officials said, a shotgun went off and hit him in his arm. A responding deputy applied a tourniquet to help save his arm and stop the bleeding until EMS arrived.

Deputies said the shotgun was just on of several booby traps the man had set up around his home.

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