IREDELL COUNTY, N.C. -- An off-duty deputy is placed on leave after he accidentally discharged his pistol at a bowling alley in Iredell County.
According to the Iredell County Sheriff's Office, the incident happened at a George Pappas' Victory Lanes on Morlake Drive in Mooresville a little before 8 p.m. Friday.
A shrapnel grazed through a child in the shooting, according to deputies. The child did not suffer a serious injury, deputies said.
According to the bowling alley's Facebook page, no one was hospitalized from the accident.
Authorities have not released the deputy's identity.
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