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Kodiak Woman Injured in Danger Bay Shooting Incident

The Alaska State Troopers are reporting a woman at Danger Bay on Afognak Island suffered a gunshot wound to her lower left leg on Sunday. The unidentified 43-year-old Kodiak woman is an employee of Evergreen Timber.

The Trooper investigation indicated that around 2:30 Sunday afternoon on a beach near the logging camp, the woman was shot in the leg by an unidentified 42-year-old man handling a 12-gauge shotgun loaded with slugs.

The woman was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, and the Troopers are investigating the incident.

Jay Barrett is the news director at KMXT in Kodiak.