From Matt Unruh ~ Great Bend Post

GREAT BEND – A Pratt man was accidentally shot early Tuesday morning in Great Bend. Police there responded to a report of an accidental shooting just before 1 a-m.

It was later discovered that the shooting occurred at 305 2nd Street. Barton County Sheriff’s Deputy Bennet Shumate responded to Great Bend Regional Hospital where 27-year-old Adam Koch from Pratt was being treated from pellet wounds to his wrist and nose.

Koch had been taken to Great Bend Regional Hospital by a private vehicle, where he was treated and released.

The investigation concluded that 24-year-old Cole Frimmel from Great Bend accidentally discharged a Remington Wingmaster 12 gauge shotgun striking Koch.