“This is not the normal, everyday affair in Cass County”, Rowe said.
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The incident happened at the unidentified man’s property around 3 a.m., Chief Deputy Roy Barker with the Cass County Sheriff’s department told The Huffington Post Friday.
A Georgia man wounded his 74-year-old mother-in-law in April after his 9mm bullet careened off an armadillo, hit a fence, went through the back door of mom’s mobile home and penetrated the recliner she was sitting in.
Officials in Cass County, Texas, say the man suffered a graze wound to the head when he fired at an armadillo and the bullet ricocheted off the mammal’s rigid protective covering and struck him.
A local hospital reportedly treated the man for minor injuries.
Ask Samuel Ebert, who accidentally took a bullet to his jaw Thursday during an armadillo shooting gone awry.
It was not the first time a bullet ricocheting off an armadillo injured a person.
Deputies are investigating the incident as “a possible accidental shooting”.
That armadillo died, but it’s unclear whether the one involved in this latest incident survived.
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Barker said it’s not unusual for armadillos to be shot in Texas, as they’re widely seen as pests.
