Woman, 22, accidentally shot herself while recording Snapchat video, deputies say

A 22-year-old accidentally shot herself while trying to record a Snapchat video Sunday night, according to Volusia County deputies.It happened at a home on Lake Baton Drive in Deltona.>>Download the WESH 2 News app for iOS and AndroidInvestigators said the woman told them she was holding a gun in the garage, trying to make videos with her cellphone, when she pulled the trigger and a bullet hit her right hand and shattered the phone.The injury is fairly minor, authorities said, causing a laceration to the victim's right thumb and index finger. She was treated at a hospital.

A 22-year-old accidentally shot herself while trying to record a Snapchat video Sunday night, according to Volusia County deputies.

It happened at a home on Lake Baton Drive in Deltona.


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Investigators said the woman told them she was holding a gun in the garage, trying to make videos with her cellphone, when she pulled the trigger and a bullet hit her right hand and shattered the phone.

The injury is fairly minor, authorities said, causing a laceration to the victim's right thumb and index finger. She was treated at a hospital.