A Marion County man has died after an accidental shooting Wednesday afternoon. Marion County Sheriff Clinton Evans says 27-year-old James Lee Deen died after he accidentally shot himself in the chest.
Evans says the Marion County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call Wednesday afternoon at 3:45 from Deen’s mother Toni Nordyke who told them about the shooting. Nordyke, who was driving at the time of the call, was told to pull into the parking lot of the Animal Clinic of the Ozarks on Highway 62/412 just east of the Flippin city limits.
Law enforcement and medical personnel met the two and administered aid to Deen. An Air-Evac medical helicopter arrived within a few minutes and airlifted Deen to Cox Hospital in Branson, but he died en route.
The shooting incident is under investigation by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division and the Arkansas State Police.
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