Cult leaders have known for years that William Branham was not honest about his "hunting accident". Not only are different years given for his age at the time of the alleged accident, different people named as the shooter, and different timelines of the family history used, but also Branham fled Jeffersonville shortly after the "accident".

At the time that he was actually shot, William Branham said that he was going to kill a Jeffersonville police officer and claimed that his father -- who would soon go to the state prison for criminally producing liquor -- stopped him.

Did Charles Branham actually stop William Branham?

Charles Branham:
https://william-branham.org/site/research/people/charles_branham

Otto H. Wathen:
https://william-branham.org/site/research/people/otto_h._wathen