By Roger Lanse
A Silver City police officer was dispatched to the emergency room at Gila Regional Medical Center on Sunday, Aug. 2, at about 7:10 p.m. in reference to a gunshot wound suffered by a 21-year-old Silver City man.
The officer had contact with the victim who appeared to be intoxicated and who had a gunshot wound to his right upper calf, according to a SCPD incident report. The bullet did not penetrate, but only grazed the skin, and the officer was advised that X-rays were taken and there were no bullet fragments inside the leg.