Lafayette man shot during raccoon hunt
Rocky Mountain News
Published February 14, 2006 at midnight
LAFAYETTE — A 21-year-old man was accidentally shot by his 17-year-old girlfriend last night while they were hunting for raccoons near his farmhouse.
Josh Kayser, who lives just north of the Lafayette city limits, was taken to Avista Hospital in Louisville after a bullet grazed his right ear and left forearm, according to a report by Boulder County Sheriff’s Commander Phil West. He is in good condition this morning.
The couple was hunting raccoons that had been preying on the family’s chickens and as Kayser crouched to peer under a shed for a wounded raccoon, he was shot, West said.
His girlfriend, whose name wasn’t released, was holding the .22-caliber rifle for him and it unintentionally discharged.
She told authorities she had never fired the weapon before.
West said further investigation will be made, but investigators do not plan to file any charges at this time.
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