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What Montanans are Reading: NYT: Sheehy ‘Says He Was Shot in War. Was He?’
This past weekend, new developments emerged in Shady Sheehy’s controversial bullet wound story.
As a reminder, originally, Sheehy admitted to a Park Ranger Kim Peach that he had accidentally shot himself in Glacier National Park. Now though, Sheehy claims the bullet wound actually came from a friendly fire incident in Afghanistan.
New reporting from the New York Times has Peach sharing that he interviewed Sheehy after he shot himself at Glacier Park, and said, “I am 100 percent sure he shot himself that day.” Additionally, Dave Madden, a former military service member who served alongside Sheehy added that despite the time the two spent together, Sheehy never once mentioned the wound.
These interviews set off a firestorm. In the past few days, Montanans have been inundated with lingering questions over Sheehy’s honesty, with just two weeks to go before the election.
See below for a chance to see what Montanans are reading:
NEW YORK TIMES: A Candidate for U.S. Senate Says He Was Shot in War. Was He?
Now, in interviews, two people who had close interactions with Mr. Sheehy during key moments in the story have come forward, raising new questions about whether the bullet wound had come during his military service.
A former SEAL colleague of the Senate candidate, Dave Madden, told The New York Times that Sheehy never mentioned a gunshot wound to him while serving together, and was certain that Sheehy “would have done so in a conversation they had during their deployment if he had indeed been wounded.”…
The accounts provide additional evidence on an issue of truthfulness that has dogged the Sheehy campaign, after The Washington Post first reported about the injury in Montana and the various accounts that Mr. Sheehy has provided, one of which he has admitted was a lie.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS: Montana GOP candidate who could flip control of Senate nagged by claims he lied about bullet wound
Peach said he interviewed Sheehy at the hospital where he was treated for the bullet wound and briefly confiscated the gun. Before returning it, Peach said he unloaded the weapon and found five live rounds and one that had been fired.
“At the time, he was obviously embarrassed about it. And you know, he admitted to what I was there for — the gun going off in the park,” Peach told The Associated Press. “He knows the truth and the truth isn’t complicated. It’s when you start lying things get complicated.”
WASHINGTON POST: Montana ranger questions Senate hopeful Sheehy’s bullet wound
Over 35 seasons working as a ranger in Glacier National Park, Kim Peach, 67, recalls only two incidents in which he responded to a report of a gun being fired — and both became his most memorable days on the job.
FOX NEWS SUNDAY’S ANCHOR SHANNON BREAM CLIP: “Tim Sheehy now in multiple accounts has lied about whether he was shot in combat. He said he was, now it turns out he shot himself accidentally while visiting a national park in the United States. So he’s under a ton of fire in Montana.”
THE GUARDIAN: Montana park ranger says Senate candidate Tim Sheehy lied about combat wound
Peach said he then inspected Sheehy’s gun and observed a bullet casing, confirming the firearm had discharged. That same day, Peach issued Sheehy a $525 fine for discharging a firearm in the national park, according to government records. Peach also wrote about the case in a 2015 report about the gunshot, writing he was “grateful no other persons or property were damaged”, the Post reported. The Post first spoke with Peach – who initially came forward anonymously – in April to dispute Sheehy’s claim. But several Republican public figures quickly disclosed Peach’s identity, leading to harassment.
KTVQ: New report adds fresh scrutiny to Sheehy gunshot-wound story
SALON: Senate candidate Sheehy’s Afghanistan gunshot story has some major holes: report
NEWSWEEK: GOP Candidate Accused of Lying About Being Shot in Afghanistan
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