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Charges have been filed in a Decatur County shooting that resulted in the victim receiving medical treatment in Shelbyville.
About 3 a.m. on July 21, the Decatur County Dispatch received a call from Shelby County Dispatch advising a victim of a gunshot wound was being treated at Major Heath Partner Medical Center in Shelbyville. Shelby County Dispatch advised the shooting happened in Decatur County, in St. Paul.
Further investigation by the Decatur County Sheriff’s Department determined that Damion Wayne Logsdon, 18, of St. Paul, was handling a firearm when it discharged. The shot struck Chester William Smith, of Shelbyville, in the shoulder.
Smith was subsequently transferred to IU Methodist Hospital Indiana for treatment.
Logsdon has been charged with Criminal Recklessness as a Level 6 Felony and Illegal Possession of Alcoholic Beverages (Consuming) as a Class C Misdemeanor. He was incarcerated at the Decatur County Detention Center.
The Indiana State Police Crime Scene Investigations Unit assisted in this investigation.
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