By Matt Unruh ~ The Great Bend Post

A Pratt man was accidentally shot early Tuesday morning in Great Bend. The Great Bend Police Department responded to a report of an accidental shooting just before 1am on Tuesday morning.

It was later discovered that the shooting occurred at 305 2nd Street. Barton County Sheriff’s Deputy Bennet Shumate responded to Great Bend Regional Hospital where 27-year-old Adam Koch from Pratt was being treated from pellet wounds to his wrist and nose.

Koch had been taken to Great Bend Regional Hospital by a private vehicle, where he was treated and released. The investigation concluded that 24-year-old Cole Frimmel from Great Bend accidentally discharged a Remington Wingmaster 12 gauge shotgun striking Koch