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Pastor's daughter wounded in church

LEALMAN, Fla., Feb. 13 (UPI) -- The 20-year-old daughter of a Florida pastor was wounded Sunday when a gun accidentally discharged in church following services, authorities said.

The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said Moises Zambrana, 48, was showing his Ruger 9mm pistol to Dustin Bueller, 20, about 12:30 p.m. in the recreation room at Grace Connection Church in Lealman, near St. Petersburg, when the weapon discharged, firing a bullet through a wall and into the head of Hannah Kelley of St. Petersburg, Bueller's girlfriend and the daughter of the congregation's pastor, Tim Kelley, the Tampa Bay Tribune reported.

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"It does appear this was a tragic accident," sheriff's spokeswoman Cecilia Barreda said.

Hannah Kelley was listed in critical condition Sunday night after surgery, the sheriff's office said.

Zambrana, of Pinellas Park, has a concealed weapons permit and records indicate he is a licensed security officer, the newspaper said.

No charges had been filed.

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