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Man accidently shot in knee with nail gun in Le Roy

By Billie Owens

A man was accidently shot in the knee with a nail gun on the roof of a home at 9000 Asbury Road in Le Roy. The fire department is responding to bring the man down from the roof so the medics from Le Roy Ambulance Service can tend to him.

UPDATE 8:03 p.m.: The patient was brought down from the roof by the firefighters using a ladder-and-bucket device and is being prepared from transport to the hospital in an ambulance. Le Roy fire is back in service.

UPDATE 8:24 p.m.: The patient is being taken to UMMC. He is 36 years old and in pain. The nail remains lodged in his left knee. It's estimated to be one- to one-and-a-half inches long.

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