Conservative host Megyn Kelly presses Sheehy on gunshot wound

BILLINGS — Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy is once again answering questions about a gunshot wound he says he suffered overseas while fighting as a Navy Seal in Afghanistan.

The topic has become a focal point in the final days leading up to the election, with former FOX News journalist Megyn Kelly being the latest to question Sheehy about the incident and the murky details surrounding what happened.

Sheehy appeared on the Megyn Kelly podcast. During the interview, Kelly asked Sheehy, “Did you shoot yourself in the arm?” Sheehy responded, “No, that was never the accusation.”

Sheehy went on to tell the host that he was shot during friendly fire that ricocheted off an embedded Afghan soldier and says he never reported the injury to keep his unit uncompromised.

However, National Park documents show that Sheehy was cited in 2015 for discharging a firearm near Logan Pass in Glacier National Park, where a bullet struck his right forearm.
Sheehy provided a handwritten statement to the National Park Service at the time, admitting that the improperly stored weapon had been dropped and fired.

He also discusses that incident during his interview with Megyn Kelly, telling Kelly that he was not shot in the park, but that he felt the bullet dislodged in his arm after he fell while walking. When asked about medical records to support that claim, Sheehy told Kelly that no such medical records exist, even though a written statement obtained at the time shows that Sheehy’s own account was that he was hit by the bullet.

The former FOX News host and conservative journalist responded to Sheehy’s answers, saying, “So confusing.”

Sheehy believes the commotion over his gunshot wound is an attempt by the Tester campaign to attack the Republican’s character just days before the election.

His campaign released the following statement.

“Tim Sheehy has humbly served our nation with honor and served alongside many heroes. Many of them never came home. Point. The bullet in Tim’s arm was the result of his service in Afghanistan. Tim never reported this because he didn’t want to start an investigation into his team, be taken off the battlefield, and see a fellow teammate punished. “It was always about protecting a team member from his unit who he thought might be responsible as a result of friendly fire that ricocheted in the heat of a battle with the enemy.”