On January 3, 2019, Boone County investigators were contacted regarding a male subject who had shown up at Witham Hospital with a gunshot wound. Deputies made contact with the victim, Mark Gregory 63, of Thorntown. Gregory stated that he was in his barn attempting to remove his Derringer pistol
from a hidden compartment when it fell. The pistol then hit an unknown object which caused it to discharge. Gregory was struck with a single .410 buckshot round in his upper thigh. Gregory was then taken to Witham hospital by his wife and later transferred to St. Vincent’s, where he was treated for non-life-
threatening injuries and released.
Currently, there is no evidence of foul play with either shooting. The Boone County Sheriff’s Office will continue to investigate both cases.