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Josh Martin, 18 -- Accidently Shot in Face

Published Tuesday, March 21, 2006 by Admin | E-mail this post

[3/20/06]

WAPAKONETA, OH —- A teenager who was accidentally shot in the face by a friend last week has died.

Josh Martin, 18, of Wapakoneta, was injured shortly after 3:30 p.m. March 13, Wapakoneta Police Chief David Webb said. The chief said he doesn’t believe the shooting was intentional, though the case will be sent to the Auglaize County Prosecutor’s Office as a matter of procedure.

Martin was shot once in the face with a 9 mm carbine rifle and was taken to Lima Memorial Health System, where he died at 7 p.m. Monday. The apparent shooter, Chris Goudy, 18, of Wapakoneta, is a close friend of Martin’s, Webb said.

“I think that they were going to go out and shoot the gun someplace, at a gun range maybe, and then they decided not to,” Webb said after the shooting. “They were unloading it and thought it was empty when it went off.”

A Police Department dispatcher said an autopsy will be performed, and the department is also waiting for reports from the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation, Webb added. He said he does not anticipate criminal charges.

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