ON WEDNESDAY AT 9:34, THE BARTOW COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE WAS DISPATCHED TO 204 EAST FELTON ROAD IN CARTERSVILLE, IN REFERENCE TO AN ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING LATER DETERMINED TO BE RECKLESS CONDUCT.
UPON ARRIVAL, BCSO DEPUTIES SAW ANTHONY ABER SITTING AT HIS DOOR HOLDING HIS CHEST WITH A TOWEL COVERED IN BLOOD. ABER STATED HE WAS TRYING TO MOVE THE LISTED 22 CALIBER GUN TO HIS NIGHT STAND WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY DISCHARGED THE FIREARM SHOOTING HIMSELF IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CHEST. THE WEAPON WAS LOCATED AND CLEARED ALONG WITH THE LISTED .40 CALIBER, WHICH WAS LAYING ON ABER’S NIGHT STAND. HE WAS TREATED BY EMS AND TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR HIS WOUND. PAULA SEIPLE, ABER’S NEIGHBOR, STATED SHE HEARD THE GUN SHOT GO OFF NEXT DOOR. ABER KNOCKED ON HER DOOR MINUTES AFTER THE SHOT AND ASKED HER TO CALL 911. SEIPLE DOES STATED THAT SHE DID NOT THINK ANTHONY WOULD INTENTIONALLY HARM HIMSELF. DURING THE INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE BULLET DID NOT LEAVE ABER’S BODY. EMS TRANSPORTED ABER TO KENNESTONE HOSPITAL WITH A COLLAPSED LUNG.