19 Year Old Taken to Upstate Hospital After Accidentally Shooting Himself in Leg

A 19 year old male was transported to Upstate University Hospital by the Marathon Area Volunteer Ambulance Corps (MAVAC) around 2 in the afternoon on Tuesday, July 8th. Emergency personnel were dispatched to a residence on Lower Cincinnatus Road in the Town of Cincinnatus for a reported shooting.

Cortland County 9-1-1 Dispatch relayed information to responding emergency personnel the shooting was self-inflicted and accidental. The male had shot himself in the leg. State Police told X101 News a Trooper arrived at the scene prior to MAVAC and applied a tourniquet. MAVAC said in a release, their Paramedic Kally Haskell and EMT Cassie Chalon applied two tourniquets and pressure bandages to the male to control bleeding. He was then rushed to Upstate University Hospital for further treatment. His current condition is unknown.

New York State Police are investigating the cause of the accidental shooting.