Chief Deputy Ben Houchin said 62-year-old Michael Gardner, the wedding's officiant, fired a gun to get everyone's attention.

A Texas man accidentally shot a child while officiating a wedding in Lancaster County on Saturday, the sheriff’s office says.

Chief Deputy Ben Houchin said deputies were sent to a wedding at Hillside Events near Denton on a report of a gunshot wound.

Deputies learned that 62-year-old Michael Gardner, the wedding’s officiant, fired a gun to get everyone’s attention.

“He was going to fire in the air, and as he did that, it slipped and went off,” Houchin said.

The gun was loaded with a blank that Gardner made with gunpowder and glue.

      • Pratai
        31·
        9 months ago

        A Texas man accidentally shot a child while officiating a wedding in Lancaster County on Saturday, the sheriff’s office says.

        • Rakudjo@lemmy.world
          3·
          9 months ago

          No, the commentor above you is correct. This was a Texas man officiating a wedding in Nebraska (happens to be local news to me).

          • Pratai
            22·
            9 months ago

            Therefore, Texas. I didn’t say it was IN Texas, I insinuated that it was because Texas.