Flea Market Shopper Shot By BB Gun Set On Display Table: Lawsuit

A flea market shopper was shot by a BB gun he happened to touch, according to a lawsuit filed in Will County court.

Donald Koester sustained “great pain and suffering and a loss of a normal life” after he was hit by the BB on May 23, 2015, the lawsuit said.

Koester is suing the Will County Fair Association and Jerry Rossen. Rossen was running a flea market on the county fairgrounds in Peotone on that fateful date, according to the lawsuit.

Koester “made contact” with a BB gun that was “being offered for sale on a display table at the flea market,” the suit said.

The BB gun went off and Koester got hit, the lawsuit said, although it did not specify where on his person.

The lawsuit also did not mention whether Koester ever bought the BB gun.