The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office is investigating an accidental shooting at a gun store that injured a 19-year-old woman at a nail salon next door.
- 19-year-old accidentally shot at nail salon from neighboring gun store
- Yaminah Gilbert struck in the back with a bullet
- Gun store employee accidentally discharged gun
Yaminah Gilbert, 19, was at Dara's Nail Salon and Day Spa getting a pedicure when a bullet struck her in the back around 6:30 p.m. Friday.
Officials said the bullet came from the neighboring store, R&R Firearms in Seminole.
An employee at the gun store, Mark Smith, 43, was unloading a customer's .45 caliber handgun inside the store. Smith said he was clearing the loaded firearm when he pulled the slide back and emptied the chamber round from inside the firearm, and when he sent the slide forward on the handgun, there was a magazine with ammunition still inside and the gun accidentally discharged.
The bullet went through the adjoining wall of the two businesses and struck Gilbert.
Officials said Gilbert was unware of what happend until Smith came forward and reported the accidental discharge.
Gilbert was transported to Bayfront Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries. She was released late Friday night.
Officials said no charges have been made and the investigation is ongoing.