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Man shot in both legs while riding inside car down Flint road
Updated Mar 03, 2021;
FLINT, MI A 34-year-old man was shot in the legs while riding in a car in Flint, police said.
Officers responded to a local hospital at 1:47 p.m. Tuesday, March 3, for a report of a shooting.
The victim, a 34-year-old male, reported he was a passenger in a vehicle when he was shot in the legs on East Boulevard Drive near East Pierson Road, according to a Michigan State Police news release.
The victim, whose name has not been released, was shot by someone outside of the vehicle, Michigan State Police Lt. Liz Rich said.
The Michigan man was hit by shrapnel after a cannon exploded when it was fired to celebrate a baby’s pending arrival, according to Michigan State Police.
‘Simply loading the wrong type of gunpowder, loading too much gunpowder in there can take an open ended cannon and turn it into a bomb.’
Police confirmed a shard from the explosion was found 25 feet from the scene.
The Michigan State Police Bomb Squad, Gaines Township Fire Department, and Med Star Ambulance attended the scene.
Three parked cars and the garage where the
baby shower was being held were also struck by shrapnel.
Genesee County prosecutors are now said to be reviewing the case.
Police said the homeowner had bought the cannon at an auction and had fired it several times before. It’s suspected that the shrapnel came from the cannon breaking apart during the explosion, police said.