Local news reports
A Clermont man is dead after suffering a gunshot wound at a Polk County gun range Sunday morning.
Larry Simpson, 71, was at the Tenoroc Mine Shooting Range in Lakeland
with a friend shooting clays, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s
Office.
Investigators said around 9:40 a.m., Simpson’s friend heard a gunshot
come from behind him from where Simpson was helping to operate the
remote control for clay machine.
The man told deputies he turned around to see Simpson had been shot and his shotgun was on the ground beside him.
The friend called for help and started resuscitation efforts, deputies said, but Simpson died at the scene.
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