Fond du Lac Police respond to two accidental shots fired

City of Fond du Lac Police are reminding firearm owners of their responsibility to be safe with guns after they responded to two accidental gun discharges within a 40 hour time period this week.

The first occurred at 6:43 PM on Sunday, January 12th, 2025, in the 1000 block of Mihill Avenue when a 20-year-old Van Dyne man visiting with family had disassembled a handgun. In the process of putting the gun back together he inserted a magazine not realizing it was loaded and shot himself in his hand. 

The second incident occurred on the 14th when a 27-year-old Fond du Lac man failed to remove the magazine while preparing to clear a handgun for storage and accidentally fired a round through his bedroom wall in the 500 block of Grove Street. While the bullet exited the exterior wall of the house, officers were unable to observe any damage to the house next door.