Wounded driver tries to reach hospital

KELLOGG - A man who got shot when his friend reportedly committed suicide tried to drive himself to the hospital, Kellogg police officials said.

Shoshone County deputiesand Kellogg police were dispatched to the Bunker Avenue overpass off Interstate 90 in Kellogg at 3:30 a.m. on Wednesday to investigate an apparent suicide.

Desmond Haley, 30, shot himself with a .40-caliber handgun while in the passenger seat of a white four-door vehicle.

After exiting Haley, the bullet struck Bryan Septer in his side while he was driving the vehicle, according to a Kellogg Police Department press release.

Septer, a cashier at a gas station in the Silver Valley, was a friend of Haley.

He attempted to drive to the Shoshone Medical Center after being struck by the bullet.

He didn't make it himself, but was transported there before being air-lifted to Kootenai Medical Center. Police said his wound is non-life threatening.

Kellogg police chief David Wuolle said that while officers responded to the Bunker overpass, near Shoshone Medical Center, it was unknown Wednesday where the shooting actually occurred.