Village of Newburg, WI (WTAQ) – A 35-year-old Town of Farmington man was treated at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee early Sunday morning after he was accidentally shot by another man trying to sell him a handgun.
Washington County Sheriff’s officials say a 36-year-old Village of Newburg man was trying to sell the victim a gun when it went off and a round hit the victim in the arm.
The incident happened in an apartment at 451 Main Street in Newburg.
The victim was treated at Froedtert and then later released.
By the way, the Newburg man trying to sell him the gun was arrested for intoxicated use of a firearm.
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