Joelton pastor life flighted after accidental gunshot wound

Kelly Fisher | The Tennessean

Show Caption Hide Caption Joelton pastor life flighted after accidental gunshot wound A 66-year-old senior pastor of a Joelton church was transported by via life flight Thursday afternoon to be treated for an accidental gunshot wound to his leg.

A 66-year-old senior pastor of a Joelton church was transported by life flight Thursday afternoon to be treated for an accidental gunshot wound to his leg.

Cheatham County Sheriff Mike Breedlove said Dave Harrell was visiting a residence on Cannon Road in Ashland City. His friends who live there have a gun range on the property.

Harrell is the senior pastor-teacher of Calvary Bible Church, located on 5245 Highway 41-A in Joelton.

“They’re all good people,” Breedlove said. “They all go to church together.

“(Harrell) was doing target shooting (and) went to put weapon back into (his) holster on his side and the gun discharged,” he explained, calling it a “true accident” and noting, “it can happen to anyone.”

Cheatham County EMS, the Cheatham County Sheriff’s Office CID and the Ashland City Fire Department responded to the call that came in around 1:15 p.m. The life flight landed near Lockertsville Road, which intersects Cannon Road.

Breedlove said he believes Harrell was transported to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and said he will be OK.

Kelly Fisher, reporter for the Ashland City Times, can be reached at KPFisher@gannett.com, 615-801-3866 or on Twitter at @KellyPFisher.