A man who says he was using his rifle to shoot at dragonflies accidentally shot his friend in the head.
Police said when they arrived the friend was bleeding heavily.
But he was conscious enough to be able to tell paramedics that the whole thing had been an accident.
According to Georgetown Times, in South Carolina, in the US, the friend and a 38-year-old Johnsonville man were in the woods in a nearby hunting club practicing with a rifle.
The man said he was trying to shoot some dragonflies when his friend walked in front of him and was shot in the head.
It has been ruled an accident by investigators, police said.
Two local schools was closed down for a time as police investigated the shooting.
"Not knowing where the victim may be or where the shooter was, I advised the administration of Carvers Bay School to lock down the campus for student safety," Deputy Ryan Owens wrote in his report, the newspaper reported.
"Carvers Bay Middle was locked down as well."
The friend was flown to a Charleston hospital for treatment.
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