Manager charged with negligently shooting employee after missing bird at cookie factory

The manager of a cookie factory has been charged with injury by negligent and handling of a dangerous weapon, after he allegedly shot an employee in the back of the head having supposedly aimed a some birds. The 29-year-old Best Maid Cookie plant boss at the River Falls industrial park in Wisconsin was annoyed that the birds had flown into the factory.

And when one of the birds landed on the floor he crouched to his feet, took aim and pulled the trigger, completely missing the bird and allegedly striking a new worker on December 14. The hit employee, 28, who filed a criminal complaint, was about to throw some cookie dough into a bin when he suffered pain, akin to a bee sting, above his ear.

The victim also said that he extracted a small piece of lead from his head while the alleged shooter was unaware of what happened. The manger thought he had simply missed the stray bird and walked off. And the employee told police that he was forced to remain in his position for another hour so that the cookie machine would not be left unattended.

At the next interval he drove to the local police station to report his version of the incident. He later was checked out by a doctor at the Baldwin Medical Center. The manager will now face a felony charge for injury by negligent handling of a dangerous weapon.