HARRIS

            IT WAS BAD ENOUGH A CLARKSVILLE MAN ACCIDENTALLLY SHOT HIMSELF IN THE FOOT WEDNESDAY NIGHT, BUT HIS CIRCUMSTANCES GOT WORSE AFTER BEING RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL.

            A NEWS RELEASE FROM CLARKSVILLE POLICE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER JIM KNOLL SAYS OFFICERS RESPONDED TO GATEWAY MEDICAL CENTER TO THE REPORT OF A MAN WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE FOOT.

            20-YEAR OLD MONTAVIOUS HARRIS OF HIETTS LANE, CLARKSVILE TOLD POLICE HE WAS WALKING OUT OF AN APARTMENT ON UNIVERSITY AVENUE CARRYING A HANDGUN IN HIS WASTEBAND WHEN IT DROPPED TO THE GROUND AND DISCHARGED ONE ROUND INTO HIS LEFT FOOT SHATTERING SOME BONES.

            THE INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT TURNED UP THAT HARRIS WASN’T ALLOWED TO POSSESS A FIREARM DUE TO A PREVIOUS DRUG CONVICTION IN MAY OF THIS YEAR.

            AFTER BEING DISCHARGED FROM GATEWAY, HARRIS WAS CHARGED BY POLICE WITH UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A WEAPON AND WAS SERVED WITH A PREVIOUS WARRANT FOR VANDALISM. HE WAS LODGED IN THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY JAIL.

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11/11/2011/AM