Rogersville Food City employee shot when gun falls from shopper's pocket

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Rogersville Food City employee shot when gun falls from shopper's pocket
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ROGERSVILLE — An Eidson man was charged with aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and weapons violations after an apparently accidental shooting that wounded a Food City employee Saturday afternoon.

The unidentified employee was shot in the left hip area and taken to Kingsport’s Holston Valley Hospital by Hawkins County Emergency Medical Service.

Witnesses identified 66-year-old Rod Evans Sizemore as the man responsible for the wounding, and he was transported to the Rogersville Police Department for questioning.

Sizemore did not have a permit to carry a weapon that fell out of his coat pocket and discharged while he was shopping, according to Detective Joey Maddox.

“The employee walked by (Sizemore) and he was stricken,” Maddox said of the incident.

note: Rep. Jason Mumpower bagged groceries at the Bristol Food City prior to being elected into the Tennessee General Assembly.

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