Attalla man seriously injured in accidental shooting

An Attalla man was assisted by other motorists on the Interstate 759 bridge in Gadsden Monday afternoon after he accidentally discharged a gun in his pocket, shooting himself in the leg.

Officers responded to find the 21-year-old man with a self-inflicted gunshot wound lying on the ground beside his vehicle on the bridge. Two people were doing chest compressions on the victim, who was unresponsive.

 A 15-year-old told police he and the victim were going down the road when the victim accidentally pulled the trigger of the gun while it was in his pocket. The bullet went through his left leg.

The juvenile said the victim told him to grab the steering wheel because he was afraid he was going to pass out. He did pass out before the vehicle stopped.

A Weaver man was first on the scene, according to the report. He checked the victim for a pulse and didn’t find one, and found the driver was not breathing. A Trussville man ran up and helped him get the driver out of his vehicle. The Trussville man started doing CPR, and a woman also stopped to assist.

Medics arrived and took over treatment of the man, who was taken to a local hospital. He was listed in stable condition Tuesday.