Tim Sheehy talks in his book and on his campaign for the Montana Senate about being left with a bullet in his forearm, which he suffered during a gunfight in Afghanistan as a Navy SEAL. He said it was an injury he sustained.
The gunshot wound is at the center of a story of courage and honor that boosted Mr. Sheehy’s credibility among Montana voters, as he ousted longtime incumbent Sen. Jon Tester and likely lost control of the Senate floor. Looks like it’s on the verge of flipping over. It’s under Republican control. But this year, three years after his deployment, the story became murky when it was revealed that Mr. Sheehy had told police in Montana’s Glacier National Park that he had accidentally shot himself in the arm.
In one of the country’s most-watched campaigns this year, Mr. Sheehy continued to assert his war experience.
Now, interviews have come forward with two people who had close contact with Mr. Sheehy at key moments in the story, raising new questions about whether his gunshot wounds were sustained during his military service.
Dave Madden, a former SEAL colleague who said he had a close relationship with Mr. Sheehy before he was deployed to Afghanistan, said Mr. Sheehy never mentioned his gunshot wound and almost certainly did so in conversation. He said he would have done so. They determined whether he was truly injured during the deployment.
Regarding the question of his subsequent injuries in Montana, park ranger Kim Peach, who spoke with Mr. Sheehy at the hospital that day, said Mr. Sheehy privately told him he had accidentally shot himself in the arm and gave him a revolver. Ta. With used rounds.
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