Rural Frazee Man Suffers Accidental Gunshot Wound To His Leg

The Becker County Sheriff's Office got a 911 call Sunday afternoon from 60-year-old Lloyd Bertek

FRAZEE, MN — A rural Frazee, Minnesota man is being treated in Fargo for an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The Becker County Sheriff’s Office got a 911 call Sunday afternoon from 60-year-old Lloyd Bertek.

He says he was attempting to de-cock the hammer on a pistol when it fired a bullet into his leg.

Bertek was first taken to St. Mary’s Hospital and then flown to Fargo with non-life threatening injuries.

His current condition is not known.