While kayaking down a creek in Pasadena, Maryland on Saturday evening, 56-year-old David Seafolk-Kopp was shot in the stomach. While he remembers few of the details, he said he recalled seeing a red laser dot pointed at his stomach, followed by sharp pain in his abdomen.

The Reston, Virginia resident was visiting a friend and launched his kayak from the friend’s home so he could stargaze. When stopping to take a rest before the incident, he noticed a bonfire at around 10 p.m. and heard what sounded like a party on the shore of Bodkin Creek, which is a Chesapeake Bay tributary. It was during this rest when he was shot.

He blacked out and spent the night in his kayak, but made it to shore more than 12 hours later, at which time he was found by a local. He was taken to the hospital, but was released on Sunday night after the bullet was removed and he was deemed fit for release.

“It’s a little surprising,” resident Gus Andujar told WBAL-TV, Baltimore. “This is an older community on the water, so it’s a little bit shocking and sad that someone would do that.”

So far, there are no suspects, according to spokeswoman for the Maryland Natural Resources Police, Candy Thomson. She said his wound was not consistent with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Because Seafolk-Kopp did not know his specific location at the time of the shooting, police are searching for the remnants of a bonfire, which could help narrow down where it took place and who may have been involved.

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