Crime & Safety
Man Seriously Hurt at Gun Range, Police Say
Ronald Koscinski, of Bloomsbury, N.J. was reportedly seriously hurt when another shooter's weapon malfunctioned Sunday at the Easton Fish and Game Association gun range on East Redington Road in Lower Saucon Township.
A man from Bloomsbury, New Jersey was seriously injured in an accident that occurred Sunday afternoon at the Easton Fish and Game Association's gun range on East Redington Road, Lower Saucon Township Police reported Sunday night.
The association is a members only club with several gun ranges, according to its website, www.efga.net.
According to a police department press release, Ronald Koscinski, of Creveling Road, was target shooting with a group at the range when another shooter's weapon malfunctioned.
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The Ruger 357's malfunction caused "the bullet to explode inside the gun's chamber, which caused metal fragments to fly into the air striking (Koscinski) in (the) neck," police said.
Koscinski was taken to St. Luke's University Hospital by , they added.
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