Deputies: Area man killed in accidental shooting

BROSELEY — No charges are expected to be filed in connection with what Butler County authorities say was an accidental shooting death.

Authorities learned of the shooting at about 5:45 p.m. Tuesday when Butler County deputies responded to a residence in the 2400 block of Highway CC at Broseley.

Upon deputies entering the mobile home, Deputy Dakota Loggains reported they saw a male, later identified as Kyle Legrand, laying on the kitchen floor with what appeared to be a gunshot wound to his head.

Two men, Loggains wrote in his report, were applying pressure with a towel to the front and back of Legrand’s head.

Emergency-medical-services personnel subsequently arrived and stabilized Legrand, who was described as “completely unresponsive,” before he was flown to Region One Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, for treatment.

Loggains was notified at about 11 p.m. and told the 20-year-old had died from his injuries.

Chief Deputy Wes Popp said Friday morning the investigation into the shooting is done, and no charges are being requested at this time.

Some items, he said, will be sent to the crime laboratory for analysis.

“We’ll be contacting the prosecutor with (the case), but as it stands right now, it is what it is,” Popp said.

During the investigation, Loggains said, several firearms were seen in plain sight inside the home, including a Taurus handgun on the floor next to Legrand’s body.

The weapon, according to Loggains, had a round in its chamber, as well as a magazine with other rounds inside.

Loggains said he spoke with Legrand’s girlfriend, who reported she was outside when she heard a “loud pop” and subsequently found Legrand on the floor.

Loggains said he also spoke with Legrand’s roommate, who reported “he and K. Legrand were examining each others’ firearms at which point the Glock 17 that (he) was handling discharged, striking K. Legrand in the head.”

The man, Loggains said, further reported he never had his finger on the trigger.

“(He) advised that while he had his arms punched out, aiming the firearm, his finger was on the slide, not near the trigger,” Loggains said. “(He) stated as he began to retract his hand and move the firearm closer to his chest, the firearm discharged.”

Loggains said Legrand’s roommate was “adamant that he never pulled the trigger and was not trying to discharge the firearm at K. Legrand.”

When Loggains spoke with the roommate a second time, “he provided the same story. (He) was visibly upset and kept stating it was an accident.”

Loggains said a gunshot residue test was completed with the roommate, whose name is not being released at this time.