A Texas county commissioner will spend one year on probation for accidentally shooting his grandson during a Nebraska wedding he was officiating.

He had been officiating the wedding of his nephew at an outdoor venue about 10 miles southwest of the capital city of Lincoln.

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – A man who accidentally shot a 12-year-old at a wedding in Lancaster County will spend one year on probation. District Court Judge Jodi Nelson sentenced Michael Gardner, 63, on Monday for negligent child abuse. The wedding was held on Sept. 30, 2023, at Hillside Events near Denton.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Texas county commissioner will spend one year on probation for accidentally shooting his grandson during a Nebraska wedding he was officiating. Michael Gardner, 63, of Odessa, Texas, was sentenced Monday for misdemeanor child abuse in the September 2023 shooting. His grandson, then 12, survived the shoulder wound.

On Tuesday, 63-year-old Michael Gardner, a Texas county commissioner, was sentenced to one year of probation on charges of misdemeanor child abuse for accidentally shooting his own 12-year-old grandson while officiating a wedding in Nebraska last year.

A county commissioner from Texas who accidentally shot his own grandson at a wedding he was officiating in Nebraska has been sentenced to a year of probation. Michael Gardner, 63, fired a blank .45 Colt round into the boy's shoulder,

Texas County Commissioner Michael Gardner was sentenced to one year of probation for accidentally shooting his 12-year-old grandson during a Nebraska wedding after pleading no contest to misdemeanor child abuse.