PANAMA CITY BEACH — A 19-year-old Alabama woman was accidentally shot in the leg as she attempted to unpack for a Spring Break vacation at the Shores of Panama on Monday night.
Katlin Brianna Moore, of Quinton, northwest of Birmingham, and several fellow travelers were pulling bags out of a vehicle on the 12th floor of the parking garage when Moore tossed a red duffel bag on the concrete, according to a Panama City Beach Police incident report. Inside the bag was a two-shot 9 mm Cobra Derringer pistol owned by 21-year-old Ancelmo Avilez Diaz, the report states.
When the bag hit the ground, the pistol fired, hitting Moore in the left calf. Police on scene reported that the bullet went straight through Moore's calf and grazed the back of her right leg. Moore's friends tended to the wound until medical professionals arrived on scene.
"Ms. Moore was alert and conscious and advised she was in serious pain," according to the incident report.
Panama City Beach Chief Drew Whitman said that officials are ruling the shooting an accident and charges are not expected.