An 18-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of unlawful possession of a firearm after detectives determined a reported shooting early Monday morning was accidental.
The Centralia Police Department responded to the reported shooting at about 1 a.m. Monday morning after learning a patient who arrived at Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia with a gunshot wound was actually shot in Centralia.
While the case was originally investigated as a first-degree assault, detectives determined the victim, a 21-year-old woman, was shot accidentally when her boyfriend’s pistol went off in his pocket, according to the Centralia Police Department. The Olympia Police Department assisted in the investigation.
The woman was treated and released for the non-life-threatening wound.
Police arrested the woman’s boyfriend, Austin C. Courtright, 18, of Centralia, on suspicion of unlawful possession of a firearm. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail at 8:58 a.m. Monday.
