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Reckless shooting sends man to prison

By Brian Hagen

05/04/2022

(KAIR)--A Leavenworth County resident, charged in connection with the accidental shooting of another, is going to prison.

According to a release from Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson, 23-year-old Christopher Allen Kelly-Bush, of Lansing, was sentenced to 2-years-8-months of incarceration in Leavenworth County District Court.

Sentencing for Kelly-Bush follows his plea of guilty, entered in early March, to one count of reckless aggravated battery.

According to Thompson, Kelly-Bush was among a group of friends sitting on a porch on June 19, 2020, as Kelly-Bush played with a Glock 19 handgun. He was, Thompson says, “taking the magazine out and replacing it before pressing the trigger,” with the shooting occurring as Kelly-Bush pulled the trigger, not knowing a bullet was chambered.

The victim was struck in the head, but “survived after multiple surgeries but still has long term injuries.”

Along with the prison sentence, Kelly-Bush is required to register as a violent offender.

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