9/19/23

A COTTONWOOD MAN WHO WAS REPORTEDLY SHOT LAST THURSDAY IS IN GOOD CONDITION.

ACCORDING TO THE YAVAPAI COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO A CALL ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON FROM A MAN WHO REPORTED HE HAD BEEN SHOT THE PRIOR NIGHT AND WAS AT HIS MOTORHOME WITH A WORSENING WOUND. DEPUTIES AND EMS ARRIVED AT HIS HOME IN COTTONWOOD TO CONFIRM THAT HE WAS SUFFERING FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND THAT ENTERED IN THE GROIN AREA AND TRAVELED  DOWN HIS RIGHT THIGH AND LODGED IN THAT LOCATION.

THE MAN STATED HE HAD BEEN ON OGDEN RANCH ROAD THE PREVIOUS DAY AND ENCOUNTERED TWO MEN ALONG THE TRAIL. HE SAID HE GOT OUT OF HIS VEHICLE AND ONE OF THE MEN SHOT HIM. HE STATED HE DID NOT CALL FOR MEDICAL OR REPORT THIS THE PREVIOUS NIGHT BECAUSE HE INITIALLY THOUGHT THE BULLET HAD ONLY GRAZED HIM, BUT THE INJURY GOT WORSE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. 

THE INCIDENT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE MAN WAS FLOWN TO FLAGSTAFF MEDICAL CENTER AND AFTER SURGERY IS IN STABLE AND GOOD CONDITION.