CLUNE, Pa. — The family of a 6-day-old Pennsylvania boy who was wounded by a hunter’s stray bullet said the infant is expected to survive, but will be blind.
Stefanie Iverson, 30, said her son Shayne’s life was spared when the bullet exited through the eye socket of his skull rather than hitting his brain.
‘‘He’s lost his vision, but that’s probably what saved his life,’’ Iverson told the Indiana Gazette.
The boy’s father, Jeremie, 42, was holding him on Sept. 25 when the bullet came through a window of the family’s Young Township home and struck the baby’s skull.
Indiana County District Attorney Pat Dougherty said the hunter had an agricultural deer control permit.
The shooting was likely accidental, but questions remain about whether the hunter followed state regulations, and Dougherty said he could make a decision about whether to file criminal charges by the end of the week.