Matthew Flanagan Shoots Self With Illegal Gun: Police

Deputies responded to a Stillwater home on Donnelly Avenue around 2:50 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, for a report of an accidental firearm discharge with a self-inflicted injury, according to the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office.

Investigators determined that Matthew Flanagan, 28, was cleaning an unlicensed pistol and believed it was unloaded. He accidentally fired the weapon and struck his hand, injuring it, deputies said.

A search of the home also turned up two assault weapons, a large-capacity ammunition feeding device, and methamphetamine, according to police…

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