https://www.ketk.com/news/local-news/4-year-old-shot-in-leg-after-hunting-incident-in-panola-county/
11/10/2025
A 4-year-old boy has been shot in the leg after discharging a pistol.
According to the Panola County Sheriff’s Office, on Saturday at around 5:39 p.m., the sheriff’s office dispatch received a 911 call from a parent who said their spouse was taking their child to an emergency room for “an unknown problem.”
When law enforcement arrived, they found the 4-year-old being treated for a gunshot wound to the leg.
“The father and child were preparing to leave a deer stand near Ragley Road (County Road 182) when the child discharged the pistol that the father was carrying in a holster,” the sheriff’s office said.
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The child suffered a non-life-threatening injury and was taken to a Dallas hospital for further treatment.
An investigation was launched, where officials said the evidence inside the deer stand “corroborated the events as described in the interviews.”