By Fort Hunt Herald

A Groveton woman appears to have ignored some of the fundamental rules of gun safety.

According to the Fairfax County Police Department (FCPD), the woman, who has not been named, checked into the Lorton Healthplex on the evening of April 5 with a gunshot wound.

“Officers learned she accidentally shot herself in the foot while playing with her gun in her backyard. No one else was injured,” FCPD Mount Vernon District stated in an April 8 report.

The police department is consulting with the Commonwealth Attorney’s office on whether to press charges. It’s being described as a reckless discharge incident on the 3500 block of Pike Road.

Lorton’s Inova HealthPlex is located 14 miles from Pike Road, on Sanger Street in Lorton.