Firearms instructor recovering after shoots own leg while training Illinois nuclear plant security staff

CALEDONIA — A firearms instructor is recovering this week after shooting  himself in the leg in Caledonia while training a group of security staff for a  shuttered northern Illinois nuclear power plant.

Firearms trainer Anthony “Tony” Scalzo, 40, of Antioch, Ill., was treated and  released from Aurora Hospital in Kenosha last week after he reportedly shot  himself in the leg sometime before 1:30 p.m. Thursday, according to Caledonia  police reports. The incident occurred at Shooter’s Sports Center, 4900 6 Mile  Road, while Scalzo was training more than a dozen security staff from Securitas — who work for the decommissioned Zion Nuclear Station, police reports stated.

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