Rachel E. Sheeley

rsheeley@richmond.gannett.com

CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind. – A rural Cambridge City man was accidentally injured by a gunshot while standing in his kitchen Friday evening.

Braden Slonaker, 21, was standing in his kitchen at 17510 Goose Heaven Road when he was struck in his lower right back by a bullet shortly after 7 p.m. Friday, said Wayne County Sheriff Jeff Cappa.

Slonaker was transported to Reid Hospital and treated for a non-life-threatening wound, Cappa said.

The shot came from 1656 Symons Creek Road, where several people were target shooting. They were shooting an AR-15 on that property into a dirt backdrop with a woods behind it, Cappa said.

All parties were interviewed and the case being forward to the Wayne County prosecutor's office for review, Cappa said.