LINCOLNTON, N.C. – An off-duty Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputy accidentally shoots her 11 year old daughter Saturday night.
Officials say 38-year-old Misty Flowers was showing her service weapon to guests at her home on Loop Road. The gun fired and went through a wall striking the 11-year-old in the next room.
Flowers works as a deputy at the Lincoln County Courthouse.
Police say the first deputy arrived on the scene at 11:23 p.m. Saturday and began administering first aid when a second deputy arrived and transported the child to CHS-Lincoln.
The daughter was then airlifted to CHS Main in Charlotte where she underwent surgery. The child is listed in stable condition.
Flowers, who previously worked for the Catawba County Sheriff’s Office, has been with the
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office since August of 2015.
The incident is under investigation by the State Bureau of Investigation.
