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Shot Fired at Mesa Inn Leaves 1 Injured

by KREX News Room
by Cori Coffin
by Meaghan Wallace

Story Created: Sep 30, 2012 at 11:20 PM MDT

Story Updated: Oct 2, 2012 at 7:13 AM MDT

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.- A man was taken to the hospital with minor injuries after a bullet came through the wall in one of the rooms at Mesa Inn on Horizon Drive.

Zachariah McCullough, 26, is facing charges of reckless endangerment, assault, prohibited use of a weapon and illegal discharge of a firearm.

Around 9 p.m. Sunday Grand Junction police responded to the Mesa Inn on Horizon Drive after receiving reports that a man was shot in his hotel room.

The victim said he was in his room when he heard a loud bang and felt that he had been hit with shrapnel.

Officers found a large hole in the wall and discovered that McCullough was in a adjacent room handling a large revolver; it went off and the bullet went through the wall.

The victim's shoulder wound was treated at the hospital and he was released with minor injuries.

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Rufus said on Monday, Oct 1 at 6:06 PM

What an idiot. Too bad he wasn't looking down the barrel when it went off.

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