Miss. – Tripp Pender had no idea a day out having fun with his 2-year-old niece would turn into a long road to recovery. “I was riding a four-wheeler, and I saw a snake, so I rode back to the truck and grabbed my gun out of it, and I dropped it, and it went off. It hit me in my arm, and I had my niece there, so I had to make sure she was alright,” said Pender.