Two wounded when gun goes off in store
By Gisele Winton Sarvis, Special to QMI Agency





ORILLIA, Ont. - One man has life-threatening injuries while another has superficial wounds after being shot in the gun room of a sporting goods north of Orillia, Ont., Wednesday morning.

Two men from Parry Sound, Ont., entered the Ellwood Epps Sporting Goods store on Highway 11 in Severn Bridge, Ont., at 10 a.m.

Orillia Ontario Provincial Police said a 53-year-old customer placed a long gun on the counter in the store's gun room and it discharged.

The bullet struck the man's 26-year-old companion in the stomach and a 66-year-old store employee suffered wounds to both arms.

The 26-year-old man was transported by land ambulance and later by air ambulance to Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto with what police are calling serious, life-threatening injuries. The 66-year-old staff member was transported to Soldiers' Memorial Hospital in Orillia with minor injuries.

The store, about 140 kilometres north of Toronto, is currently closed and the OPP continue to investigate.