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Accidental shooting leaves one dead

by Rachel Welte

Posted: 09.29.2012 at 5:37 PM

Rachel Welte

Rachel Welte is the Weekend News Anchor and a General Assignment Reporter.

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COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- A man has died following an accidential shooting early Saturday morning.

Colorado Springs Police officers were called to the Wind Mill Apartments on Lacy Lane around 3:00 a.m. for a 38-year-old man with a gunshot wound.

Investigators said the man was taken to Memorial Hospital Central where he later died.

They said the gun accidentally discharged.

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