The Front Royal Police Department is investigating what appears to have been accidental shooting that occurred Tuesday afternoon. Officers responded to 508 Grand Avenue at about 2 pm after receiving a 911 from the victim’s wife that her husband had been shot, Chief Norman Shiflett said. The victim Jon Michael Bryzinski 26 was shot in the chest after he tried to dislodge a round from a shotgun. The victim was transported to Warren Memorial Hospital and later air lifted to Fairfax INOVA Hospital with life threatening injuries. At this time our investigation is not complete.

– From a release