Lucas Kunce, a Missouri Democrat candidate was shooting an AR-15-style weapon at his campaign event in Kansas City when Ryan Gamboa, a TV reporter who was covering the event, got hit with a metal fragment on his arm.

Missouri Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Lucas Kunce applies first aid to KSHB 41 reporter Ryan Gamboa after Gamboa was struck by ricochet from a bullet fragment shot from a gun handled by Kunce during a sport shooting campaign event Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024 in Holt, Missouri. Dominick Williams [email protected]

Democrat Lucas Kunce is one of four candidates challenging Republican Josh Hawley in this year’s U.S. Senate race. The Independence-based attorney touted his 13 years in the U.S. Marine Corps as qualifying him to represent Missouri in the U.