Information from WYSH Radio
Following up on a story reported Monday, a 44-year-old Roane County man who accidentally shot himself in the chest with a .22-caliber rifle on Sunday was treated for his injuries and released from the University of Tennesseee Medical Center that same night.
Steve Brooks was flown to UTMC after the incident on Edwards Lane, just south of Rockwood. The Roane County Sheriff’s Office said that he told emergency personnel that he had been drinking before the incident and admitted to having smoked crack cocaine, an admission verified by his live-in girlfriend and her adult son.
Brooks told officers that he had been getting ready to clean the gun on Sunday when it went off, striking him in his chest and traveling through his torso before exiting just under his shoulder blade. No charges have been filed, but the incident is under investigation.
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