A man was shot and wounded by his brother in what Port Orange police are calling an accidental shooting.According to police, Cory Mittner was showing a shotgun to a friend inside a residence on Kane Drive on Monday night.Mittner removed what he believed was the gun’s only shell and ran into the kitchen. When he returned, he sat on the stock while trying to remove it, causing the gun to discharge and strike his brother, Douglas, in the lower back and buttocks, police said.Douglas Mittner was taken to an area hospital where he underwent surgery. He is in stable condition.14277264

A man was shot and wounded by his brother in what Port Orange police are calling an accidental shooting.

According to police, Cory Mittner was showing a shotgun to a friend inside a residence on Kane Drive on Monday night.


Mittner removed what he believed was the gun’s only shell and ran into the kitchen. When he returned, he sat on the stock while trying to remove it, causing the gun to discharge and strike his brother, Douglas, in the lower back and buttocks, police said.

Douglas Mittner was taken to an area hospital where he underwent surgery. He is in stable condition.