Crime & Safety
Newtown Man Shoots Himself in the Finger
According to police he was cleaning his shotgun when it accidentally went off.

A Newtown man was taken to Griffin Hospital in Derby Saturday evening after accidentally shooting himself, the News Times reports.
Paul Byron, 53, was cleaning his loaded .22 caliber gun at home and was trying to unblock a jam in the gun when it went off. He shot himself in the index finger.
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