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CEDAR CITY — A Cedar City man who was admitted to the hospital for a gunshot wound to his hand has been charged with illegally possessing a stolen firearm.
James Edward Condon, 43, was booked into Iron County Jail early Friday morning, after being treated for his injury at Cedar City Hospital.
According to the probable cause statement, Cedar City police officers were dispatched to the hospital at 1:30 a.m. to investigate a report of a gunshot wound.
After initially telling police the pistol had gone off while he was grabbing it away from a friend, Condon admitted that he had accidentally shot himself with it in his garage while nobody else was around, the affidavit states.
Officers then went to Condon's residence and were able to locate the firearm inside the garage. They also reportedly found blood in the area around the box where the gun was stored.
A check of the firearm's registration revealed that the weapon had been reported stolen in a vehicle burglary in Cedar City in October 2022.
After reading Condon his Miranda rights, police officers then questioned him about where and how he obtained the gun.
