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Padilla fine after shooting

Posted: 17 days 54 mins ago. | Source CBSSports.com
Player: Vicente Padilla rss icon
Vicente Padilla

News: Dodgers pitcher Vicente Padilla is recovering from a bullet wound in his leg after a target shooting instructor accidentally shot him. Dr. Eduardo Reguera said Padilla, who signed with the Dodgers in August, didn't need surgery after spending time at Managua's Metropolitan Hospital. Police spokesman Vilma Reyes said Wednesday that Padilla's pistol apparently jammed during a target shooting session late Tuesday. Padilla handed the pistol to a shooting instructor, a former police captain, who didn't realize there was a bullet in the chamber and shot himself in his hand, Padilla's legal adviser Roberto Calderon told The Associated Press. The bullet also grazed Padilla's leg. The account contradicts Padilla's agent, Adam Katz, who told The Los Angeles Times it was a 'hunting accident.' [...]

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