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NW Iowa man arrested in Minnesota for accidentally shooting hotel neighbor

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July 16th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) — A northwest Iowa man is charged with reckless discharge of a firearm after a bullet hit a woman in the next room at a Super 8 motel in Willmar, Minnesota. Officers learned that 34-year-old Joey Schipper of Sheldon, Iowa, had a negligent discharge of a small caliber handgun. The round traveled through the wall and into an adjacent room, at which time it struck a 68-year-old woman from Backus in the leg. The woman was a motel guest. She was transported to Rice Memorial Hospital ER by ambulance. Her injury is non-life threatening.