Man charged after gun accidentally fires in Raleigh parking lot

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man is now in jail after he says his gun went off while he was picking it up from under his seat, striking his hand and firing a shot into a woman’s car parked outside of a Raleigh Walmart, police say.

Elijah Jones, 23, is charged with reckless endangerment to wit: firearm discharged from within a motor vehicle.

Police respond to accidental shooting at Raleigh shopping center

On June 6, officers say they were called to a shooting at Walmart in the 3900 block of Austin Peay Highway a little after 7 p.m.

When they arrived, a woman told police that she was sitting in her 2013 Audi A4 parked in the business lot when she heard a gunshot…

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