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Lake County sheriff’s deputies possibly saved the life of a man who was seriously wounded when he accidentally shot himself Saturday in north suburban Fremont Township.
The man’s gun went off about 2:45 p.m. as he cleaned his weapon at his home in the 28400 block of North Fremont Center Road, the Lake County sheriff’s office said.
When Deputies Ryan Nirva and Ryan Eager arrived to the scene, they found the 32-year-old losing consciousness and bleeding profusely out of his leg, where a bullet had struck his femur and likely ruptured an artery, the sheriff’s office said.
Lake County deputies hailed for saving life of man who accidentally shot himself Lake County Sheriff s Deputy Ryan Eagar Lake County Sheriff s Deputy Ryan Nirva
Updated 1/17/2021 10:09 AM
A pair of Lake County sheriff s deputies are being credited with saving the life of a Mundelein-area man who accidentally shot himself in the leg Saturday.
Sheriff s police said Deputy Ryan Nirva and Deputy Ryan Eagar were dispatched at 2:45 p.m. Saturday to a home in the 28400 block of North Fremont Center Road in Fremont Township, for a report of a person who was shot.
They arrived to find a 32-year-old man bleeding profusely from a gunshot wound to the leg and losing consciousness, according to the sheriff s office.