A 22-year-old woman accidentally shot herself while using the Snapchat app, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office.
Regina Powell told deputies Monday she accidentally shot her right hand with her uncle’s gun while trying to Snapchat video on her cellphone.
She said while taking the videos in the garage, she pulled the trigger on the firearm, and accidentally shot her cellphone and right hand.
Powell told deputies she was, “foolishly playing with the firearm, and shooting herself was completely accidental.”
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Deputies determined Powell’s hand injury was not a direct impact from the bullet, but rather a glancing impact from the phone shattering in her hand.
The gun was a semi-automatic .40-caliber pistol.
Powell’s aunt drove her to the hospital and threw the gun out the car window on Saxon Boulevard near Interstate 4.
The weapon was never found.
Deputies inspected the garage where the shooting happened, and deputies determined the incident was accidental.
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