Did Wyclef Jean Lie About Getting Shot?

Police, doctors say he just cut himself on broken glass
By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff
Posted Mar 21, 2011 8:10 AM CDT
Did Wyclef Jean Lie About Getting Shot in Haiti? Police, Doctors Say it Was Broken Glass, Not a Gun
An unidentified journalist tries to maneuver around Wyclef Jean after he cast his vote at a polling station during the presidential runoff in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday March 20, 2011.   (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Wyclef Jean was shot over the weekend in Haiti—or was he? The hip-hop star claimed he was getting out of a car in a city just outside the capital when he "heard blow, blow, blow" and looked down to see that a bullet had "grazed" his right hand. But police say the story is just that, a story, and that his injury was actually a minor one—from broken glass, not a bullet, the Daily Mail reports. Says the police chief, "We met with the doctor who saw him and he confirmed Wyclef was cut by glass." (More Wyclef Jean stories.)

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