{"id":42869,"date":"2024-11-04T00:01:16","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T05:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=42869"},"modified":"2024-11-04T00:03:03","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T05:03:03","slug":"daily-montanan-republican-candidate-pressed-yet-again-on-gunshot-wound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/11\/04\/daily-montanan-republican-candidate-pressed-yet-again-on-gunshot-wound\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Montanan: Republican candidate pressed yet again on gunshot wound"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\r\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s7ED3YF3xJM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Megyn Kelly: <a href=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=s7ED3YF3xJM>Details of the Gunshot Wound Controversy Involving Tim Sheehy and the Montana Senate Race<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\">Sheehy said gunshot records don\u2019t exist, as conservative talk show host calls incident \u2018confusing\u2019<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Republican Senate candidate tries to clarify \u2018Glacier gunshot\u2019 in closing pitch to Montana voters<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Monday, November 4, 2024<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"byline\">By Darrell Ehrlick, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailymontanan.com\">Daily Montanan<\/a> <\/div>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n <p>A national conservative talk show host gave Montana Senate candidate Tim Sheehy a chance to address a gunshot wound records suggest happened in Glacier National Park, but the Republican businessman-turned-politician said happened because of friendly fire overseas during his Navy SEAL career.<\/p><p>Sheehy\u2019s appearance left the host commenting, \u201cso confusing.\u201d<\/p><p>On Friday, Sheehy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=s7ED3YF3xJM\">appeared on the Megyn Kelly Show<\/a> with Kelly asking about <a href=\"https:\/\/dailymontanan.com\/2024\/04\/08\/sheehy-says-he-lied-about-accidental-discharge-gunshot-wound-incident-in-glacier\/\">the gunshot incident<\/a>, which has drawn both state and national media attention as one of the defining issues that could also determine which political party controls the U.S. Senate. Sheehy is running against three-term incumbent U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, a Democrat from Big Sandy.<\/p><p>Sheehy has insisted that a bullet in his arm is the result of \u201cfriendly fire\u201d overseas, and that he didn\u2019t report the incident to commanders for fears of getting in trouble or having to leave combat.<\/p><p>However, a ticket and interview from former Glacier Park ranger Kim Peach\u00a0in 2015 <a href=\"https:\/\/dailymontanan.com\/2024\/10\/22\/military-veterans-argue-sheehy-cannot-be-trusted-renew-calls-for-medical-records\/\">detailed that Sheehy<\/a> was instead cited for discharging a firearm in the park, and was treated at an area hospital for the wound. Sheehy himself wrote a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/aboutus\/foia\/upload\/GLAC_NP15155771_PR-003_Redacted_508.pdf\">handwritten statement<\/a> at the time admitting the improperly stored firearm fell and discharged into his arm<strong>. <\/strong>Sheehy later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/10\/18\/sheehy-montana-senate-gunshot-glacier-park-ranger-peach\/\">paid the fine and the gun, a .45-caliber revolver<\/a>, was returned to him.<\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/11\/04\/daily-montanan-republican-candidate-pressed-yet-again-on-gunshot-wound\/timsheehy-9\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-42874\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-attachment-id=\"42874\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/11\/04\/daily-montanan-republican-candidate-pressed-yet-again-on-gunshot-wound\/timsheehy-9\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/04\/timsheehy.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tim Sheehy\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Tim Sheehy&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy, a Republican appears on the Megyn Kelly Show on SiriusXM Radio, where he discussed a gunshot wound and Glacier National Park in an interview on November 2, 2024. Screenshot from &lt;a href=https:\/\/youtu.be\/s7ED3YF3xJM&gt;Megyn Kelly video on YouTube&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/04\/timsheehy.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/04\/timsheehy.jpg\" alt=\"Tim Sheehy\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-42874\" \/><\/a> <figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy, a Republican appears on the Megyn Kelly Show on SiriusXM Radio, where he discussed a gunshot wound and Glacier National Park in an interview on November 2, 2024. Screenshot from <a href=https:\/\/youtu.be\/s7ED3YF3xJM>Megyn Kelly video on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<p>On Saturday, Sheehy was asked repeatedly about the wound, and Kelly told him the interview was an opportunity to clarify what happened as the issue has been repeatedly at the center of the campaign. The Democrats have used it to make their case he\u2019s lying and not to be trusted.<\/p><p>Sheehy said on the program that the friendly fire likely happened because of foreign forces that the U.S. military was helping in Afghanistan, without giving details about when and where the incident happened.<\/p><p>\u201cYou\u2019d have Afghans who, either intentionally or unintentionally, would end up shooting friendly forces. You know, sometimes they just start putting their weapons on full auto and start, you know, shooting whatever direction they felt like,\u201d Sheehy said.<\/p><p>In his memoir, Sheehy said he was hit by friendly fire from\u00a0\u201ca total stud who went on to a successful career as a SEAL.\u201d<\/p><p>In the interview with Kelly, he said that he didn\u2019t report the incident to commanders because it could break up their team with investigations, and also risked him being sent back for medical treatments, something, Sheehy told Kelly, he didn\u2019t want to have happen.<\/p><p>\u201cYou know, we were at about half strength this point in our deployment. We\u2019d have many teammates wounded and sent home,\u201d Sheehy said. \u201cAnd you know me, as a team commander, there was no position to be to be carved off the battlefield. Many of us were injured multiple times. We don\u2019t report that simply because we\u2019re going to stay in the fight, stay with our team. We\u2019re going to finish our deployment and do our job. So unless those injuries are life threatening, of course, you know, if you\u2019ve lost a limb, like some of our teammates had, or there\u2019s a severe injury, you\u2019re going to you\u2019re going to deal with that, because that person has to be cared for, but otherwise you just keep on moving.\u201d<\/p><p>Kelly tried redirecting the conversation several times to the incident itself, but Sheehy sidestepped the question, for example, in this exchange:<\/p><p>\u201cJust to be clear: Did you shoot yourself in the arm?\u201d she asked.<\/p><p>\u201cNo, that was never the allegation that. But the point is, you know, it was a friendly fire ricochet downrange that wasn\u2019t reported at the time and after,\u201d Sheehy said.<\/p><p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to harp on this. I just want to give you the chance. I want to give you the chance to explain yourself, because this is their closing message. It\u2019s all about this incident, but voters are confused,\u201d Kelly said.<\/p><p>Instead, Sheehy said that when he was hiking in Glacier, he felt the bullet became dislodged and went to the hospital.<\/p><p>\u201cThe point was, at the time, I was injured (in Glacier) and went to the hospital, they required a police report, because any gunshot room requires a police report of any kind. And they said, \u2018We have to file this. We have to report this to law enforcement,&#8217;\u201d Sheehy said. \u201cAnd still having active team members, you know, in the service who were involved in at that time, I simply said, \u2018Well, this is, this is an old one.\u2019 They said, \u2018No, we have to report this as a gunshot wound, you know, to the law enforcement.\u2019 So, yeah, I said, \u2018Well, okay, fine. It was an accident.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\r\n<div class=\" content_cards_card content_cards_domain_dailymontanan-com\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content_cards_image\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_image_link\" href=\"https:\/\/dailymontanan.com\/2024\/11\/01\/montana-women-call-on-sheehy-to-apologize-for-describing-them-as-indoctrinated\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26\/img_0760-2048x1365-1.jpg\" alt=\"Montana women call on Sheehy to apologize for describing them as &#039;indoctrinated&#039; \u2022 Daily Montanan\">\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_title\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/dailymontanan.com\/2024\/11\/01\/montana-women-call-on-sheehy-to-apologize-for-describing-them-as-indoctrinated\/\">\n\t\t\tMontana women call on Sheehy to apologize for describing them as &#8216;indoctrinated&#8217; \u2022 Daily Montanan\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_description\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_description_link\" href=\"https:\/\/dailymontanan.com\/2024\/11\/01\/montana-women-call-on-sheehy-to-apologize-for-describing-them-as-indoctrinated\/\">\n\t\t\t<p>Montana women call on Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy to apologize for describing them as &#8216;indoctrinated&#8217;<\/p>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_site_name\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailymontanan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/cropped-DM-Ico-1-1-32x32.png\" alt=\"Daily Montanan\" class=\"content_cards_favicon\"\/>\t\tDaily Montanan\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<p>A Montana medical examiner with expertise in gunshot sounds recently said evidence shows it\u2019s possible Sheehy hurt his elbow in a firefight on the battlefield and that he also hurt himself in Glacier Park.<\/p><p>Kelly asked about any medical records that could help clarify or corroborate the incident, but Sheehy said they don\u2019t exist.<\/p><p>\u201cYou go in, you check on it, and then you leave. There\u2019s not an extensive medical record for any of this stuff. And unfortunately, that\u2019s the crux of this. Is there\u2019s just not a whole lot to talk about. They decided to take this one report from a park ranger that I gave them,\u201d Sheehy responded.<\/p><p>Sheehy also insisted that he and the campaign have been transparent with voters, satisfying their questions, only to have the Democrats continue to bring it up.<\/p><p>\u201cNo, we\u2019ve discussed this at length, repeatedly with every media outlet for the last year. It\u2019s been beat to death,\u201d Sheehy said.<\/p><p>However, both national and state media have reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/28\/us\/politics\/sheehy-tester-montana-senate.html\">Sheehy has ducked interviews<\/a> and not responded to questions surrounding the bullet incident in Glacier National Park.<\/p><p>On two previous occasions, the Daily Montanan has put in requests to the Sheehy campaign for medical records regarding that incident. The Sheehy campaign did not respond to either of those requests.<\/p><p>The Daily Montanan renewed the requests on Sunday morning.<\/p><style> figure, .tipContainer, .socContainer, .subscribeShortcodeContainer, .donateContainer {display:none !important;} .youtubeContainer { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; margin-bottom:12px; } .youtubeContainer iframe, .video-container object, .video-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100% !important; height: 100%; margin: 12px 0px !important; } .newsroomSidebar {width:35%;max-width:35%;padding:10px;border-top:solid 2px black;background-color:#d3d3d3;float:right;margin-left:50px;} .snrsInfoboxSubContainer {padding:10px;border-top:solid 2px black;background-color:#d3d3d3;} .halfwidth {float:right;width:50%;max-width:50%;} .indent2Container {margin-left: 1em;margin-bottom:1em; border-left: solid 1px black;padding-left: 2em;} @media only screen and (max-width: 600px) {.newsroomSidebar {max-width:95%;width:95%;margin-left:4%} .halfwidth {float:none;width:100%;max-width:100%;} }<\/style> \r\n<HR>\r\n<p><strong>\r\nThis story originally appeared on <a href=https:\/\/dailymontanan.com\/2024\/11\/03\/sheehy-said-gunshot-records-dont-exist-as-conservative-talk-show-host-calls-incident-confusing\/>Daily Montanan on November 3, 2024<\/a>. It is published under a Creative Commons license (<a href=https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/4.0\/>CC BY-ND 4.0<\/a>).\r\n<\/strong>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p><EM><a href=\"https:\/\/dailymontanan.com\">Daily Montanan<\/a> is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. Daily Montanan maintains editorial independence. Contact Editor Darrell Ehrlick for questions: <a href=\"mailto:info@dailymontanan.com\">info@dailymontanan.com<\/a>. Follow Daily Montanan on <a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/dailymontanan\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/daily_montanan\">X<\/a>.<\/EM><\/p>\r\n<HR>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tim Sheehy, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Montana, admits there&#8217;s no medical records of his gunshot wound after being asked &#8220;Did you shoot yourself in the arm?&#8221;","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42874,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,14],"tags":[3786,94,56,1389,335,5596,25,249,545,85,91,5240,57,569],"class_list":["post-42869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-politics","tag-3786","tag-democrats","tag-elections","tag-guns","tag-jon-tester","tag-megyn-kellyn","tag-military","tag-montana","tag-nps","tag-republicans","tag-senate","tag-tim-sheehy","tag-veterans","tag-wars","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/04\/timsheehy.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-b9r","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42869"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42879,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42869\/revisions\/42879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}