BCPD: 2 injured in accidental shooting, 1 arrested

BOSSIER CITY, LA (KSLA) - Two men were injured Thursday afternoon in what Bossier City police are calling an accidental shooting.

Police say it happened in the 100 block of Wilbanks Street as Robert Antonio McHenry, 45, and Roy Lee Thompson Jr., 42, both of Bossier City were sitting in a parked car.

McHenry tells police he was in the back seat handling a loaded handgun and accidentally pulled the trigger. The round struck McHenry in his left hand and then hit Thompson in his arm as he sat in the driver's seat.

Police began their investigation into the shooting when staff at Willis Knighton Bossier called them after Thompson showed up at the emergency room not long after the incident occurred. He had been taken there by a family member.

Several hours later, police learned of McHenry's whereabouts when they got a call from University Health in Shreveport after he had arrived at their ER by private auto.

McHenry was charged with illegal use of a weapon and for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. He was booked into the Bossier City Jail following his release from the hospital.

Thompson does not face charges related to the incident.

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