Lyon County deputies arrested a man they say drunkenly fired a gun and shot another man at a residence in Silver Springs.

Joshua Massengale, 27, faces a charge of discharging a firearm within a residence, resulting in injury, according to the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office

At about 10:37 p.m. on Friday, deputies responded to a report of a man who had been shot at a dwelling in the 1600 block of Antelope Drive.

When they arrived at the scene, they found a man down with a gunshot wound. Paramedics and firefighters with the Central Lyon County Fire Protection District provided medical treatment. The man was then flown to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries.

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Detectives began investigating and found that the shooting was accidental. They learned that the two men were intoxicated and playing with a gun when one of them fired the gun, striking the victim.

Massengale is being held at the Lyon County jail on a bail of $2,500.

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