Idaho Man Arrested in Connection to Accidental Shooting - Race and Appearance Had Nothing to Do with It

Posted on the 08 July 2013 by Mikeb302000
 
Local news reports
Twenty-one-year old Luis Sanchez was arrested around 10:30 Wednesday night and charged with felony aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.

Clark County Sheriff Bart May says Sanchez and the 17-year-old minor had gotten off work around 4:00 Tuesday afternoon when he pulled a .22 caliber rifle out of the van, pointed the rifle which he was thought was unloaded towards the boy and pulled the trigger. The rifle fired and a round struck the boy.

The juvenile sustained non-life threatening injuries and remains at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in stable condition.

Sanchez was booked into the Clark County Jail and has a bond of $20,000.