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Vicente Padilla: leg wound
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Padilla accidentally shot during target shooting session
MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Vicente Padilla is recovering from a bullet wound in his leg after a target shooting instructor accidentally shot him.
Dr. Eduardo Reguera said Padilla, who signed with the Dodgers in August, didn't need surgery after spending time at Managua's Metropolitan Hospital.
Police spokesman Vilma Reyes said yesterday that Padilla's pistol apparently jammed during a target shooting session late Tuesday.
Padilla handed the pistol to a shooting instructor, a former police captain, who didn't realize there was a bullet in the chamber and shot himself in his hand, Padilla's legal adviser Roberto Calderon told the Associated Press. The bullet also grazed Padilla's leg.
The account contradicts Padilla's agent, Adam Katz, who told the Los Angeles Times that it was a "hunting accident."
Padilla went 4-0 with a 3.20 ERA for the Dodgers the final 2 months of the regular season. He allowed one run in 7 1/3 innings in Game 2 of the NL Championship Series, but was battered for six runs in three innings in a season-ending loss to the Phillies.
