TYLER, Texas (AP) — Country singer Sundance Head, winner of “The Voice,” is recovering at home after being accidentally shot in the stomach while handling a firearm on a hunting trip on his East Texas ranch, his agent said. Sunday. .
Head, the winner of the 11th season of NBC’s The Voice in 2016, was leaning into his car to grab his .22-caliber handgun when it fell from the holster on the outside of the car and fired a shot that struck Head. “In the stomach,” his agent Trey Newman said in an email.
Head was airlifted to a hospital in Tyler, located about 100 miles (161 kilometers) east of Dallas, Newman said. He said no vital organs were injured and there was no need for surgery. Head was released later Friday, he said.
Before winning The Voice, Head competed on Fox’s American Idol in 2007, making it to the top 16 before being eliminated.
Head, who has upcoming shows scheduled in Texas and Illinois, is from the Porter community, located north of Houston.
