Rep. Candidate Sheehy Under Fire Over ‘War Wound’ Story with No Proof 

United States: Republican US senate candidate Tim Sheehy has admitted that despite his stories of being shot at war, there are no documents that would support this account of the bullet scar. 

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According to the Montana candidate and former Navy seal, “There’s not an extensive medical record for any of this stuff,” while giving an interview to radio host Megyn Kelly, the Guardian reported. 

Sheehy said he was shot in the arm during combat in Afghanistan – to doubt that is to accuse Sheehy of ‘stolen valor. 

Still, an ex-ranger at Glacier National Park in Montana’s Rocky Mountains shared the story of how Sheehy shot himself in the park in 2015 but was rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment. 

Fine issued to Sheeshy 

The ranger then fined Sheehy USD 525 for shooting a gun in the national park – which he paid, as government records have shown, when the Washington Post retold the incident. 

Moreover, a spokesperson for Sheehy accused the ranger, a registered Democrat named Kim Peach, of trying to spawn a “defamatory story.” 

To counter Peach’s testimony, Sheehy himself tried to explain that he had never been struck by gunfire that day in 2015. 

Repeating this to Kelly, Sheehy says he tripped while hiking, and this caused the gun to discharge, and the only reason why he went to the hospital is that he thought the bullet already lodged in his arm from his tour of duty in Afghanistan may have been displaced. 

But Sheehy also argues that he never claimed having been shot in Afghanistan by friendly fire because he did not wish his compatriots to undergo an investigation over a minor injury, as he told Kelly in the interview, the Guardian reported. 

Thus, Kelly tried to force Sheehy to specify whether there were any records that would support his claims. But Sheehy realized that he did not possess any such records at all. 

According to Sheehy remarking to Kelly, “There isn’t – I mean, that’s the point,” and, “You go and you check on it – and you leave. There’s not an extensive medical record for any of this stuff.” 

Kelly replied, “It’s so confusing,” where he bluntly asked Sheehy if he had ever shot himself in the arm. 

Moreover, Sheehy mentioned, “No, that was never the allegation,” and, “That – the point is, you know, it was a friendly fire ricochet downrange that wasn’t reported at the time.” 

None of his military colleagues interviewed recalled Sheehy claiming to have sustained a gunshot injury, or he claimed to have witnessed someone sustaining one during his active military service.