by Kevin Lilly
ROCKFIELD — A Lafayette man remains hospitalized after suffering a gunshot wound to the stomach while deer hunting.
The Carroll County Sheriff’s Department reported that 45-year-old Todd Combs of Rock Creek Township shot 42-year-old Joe Irwin of Lafayette in the abdomen while the two were hunting together about 6 p.m. Sunday about a mile north of Rockfield.
Irwin was taken by medical helicopter to South Bend Memorial Hospital, where he underwent surgery, according to a news release from the sheriff’s department.
The sheriff’s department and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources are continuing their investigation of the incident.
• Kevin Lilly is news editor of the Pharos-Tribune. He can be reached at 574-732-5117 or kevin.lilly@pharostribune.com.
