(Corning, Iowa) –  The Iowa Department of Public Safety reports one person was injured by gunfire in rural Adams County, Tuesday. A DPS press release said shortly after 12:00-p.m. on July 4, 2023, the Adams County Sheriff’s Office received a call of a shooting that occurred at 3140 210th Street. An initial investigation indicated a minor child was handling a firearm, when the weapon discharged. The age of the child was not released.

The bullet traveled through a bedroom wall into an adjacent room where shrapnel from the bullet struck 63-year-old Connie Standley in the face. Standley was transported to Mercy Hospital in Des Moines and was reported to be in critical condition.

The incident remains under investigation by the Adams County Sheriff’s Office and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation.