Hunting Accident in Lake Shore

A teenaged hunter from Lake Shore was injured in a deer hunting accident Thursday. 

The Lake Shore Police Department says 16-year-old Christopher M. Whitney was shot in the foot shortly after 1:30 p.m., while scoping out hunting areas with a 15-year-old companion near Fritz Loven Park.

Police believe the young man was resting his 20 gauge shotgun on his foot when it discharged.

Whitney was taken to Essentia Health in Brainerd by North Ambulance.