Stephanie Ingersoll

singersoll@theleafchronicle.com

CLARKSVILLE — One man was injured Friday night after accidentally shooting himself while cleaning a gun, and another was hit by stray gunfire during an altercation on Ryder Avenue early Saturday morning, according to Clarksville Police.

Clarksville police responded to a report of a shooting at a residence on Lincoln Drive at 7:48 p.m. Friday night. A 24-year-old man was transported by ambulance for a gunshot wound to the left thigh.

The man reportedly shot himself by accident while cleaning a firearm, according to CPD Lt. Steve Warren.

In an unrelated case, officers were dispatched to a shooting at a home on Ryder Avenue at 2:22 a.m. Saturday.

"Numerous witnesses gave conflicting stories, but the shooting may have stemmed from a prior altercation at a nearby convenience store," Warren said. "Two pedestrians then confronted some people in a vehicle on Ryder Avenue before firing several shots into a car. A visitor who was standing in the driveway of a nearby residence was struck by a stray bullet in the left bicep."

The man was taken to Tennova Healthcare with a single gunshot wound.

The car believed to be involved in the shooting was located a short time later after it crashed into a fence and a stop sign on Caskey Drive.

Anyone with information about this shooting or the altercation is asked to contact Detective Brittany Feinberg at (931) 648-0656, ext. 5156, or the TIPS line at (931) 645-TIPS.

Reach Breaking News Reporter Stephanie Ingersoll at 245-0267 or on Twitter @StephLeaf.