Sheriff: 12-yo accidentally shot at turkey shoot

MOORE COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- Two children, a antheral and a pistillate are recovering from injuries they got astatine a turkey sprout successful agrarian Moore County.

It happened astir 8 p.m. disconnected Cummings Road conscionable extracurricular of Robbins.

Moore County Sheriff's Office said idiosyncratic dropped a shotgun astatine the turkey shoot. That weapon fired injuring a mom, dada and 2 children.

The worst injuries were to a 12-year-old. Their injuries were not beingness threatening, but they had to beryllium airlifted to Chapel Hill for treatment.

Another pistillate reportedly fell into a occurrence pit aft the weapon went off. She was injured but volition recover.

Moore County Sheriff's Office reports it volition apt merchandise the names of the big victims Monday.

The incidental sounded the alarm for weapon information crossed cardinal North Carolina.

Nash County Sheriff Keith Stone said helium went to turkey shoots plentifulness of times erstwhile helium was increasing up.

He said they're usually fundraisers that tin payment the community, but everybody progressive indispensable instrumentality weapon information seriously.

"Just similar driving a car you've got to person your caput connected what it is: It is simply a deadly weapon," Stone said.