Taichung, Sept. 23 (CNA) Taiwan's Army said Tuesday it had ruled out a possible weapon malfunction in its investigation into a shooting incident that left a male conscript severely injured in Taichung the previous day. On Tuesday morning, the weapon, along with surveillance footage of the incident, was handed over to the Taichung District Prosecutors Office for further investigation, he said. As of Tuesday afternoon, Shao was in stable condition at Tri-Service General Hospital in Taipei, where he had been transferred following 11 hours of surgery at Taichung's Wuri Lin Shin Hospital, according to Lin Ming-hui (林明輝), superintendent of the Taichung hospital. At a press conference Tuesday morning, Lin said the patient was in a coma and bleeding heavily when he was brought to Wuri Lin Shin Hospital on Monday afternoon. Shao sustained an open facial fracture on the left side, with his left eyeball severely injured, and multiple metal fragments were found lodged in his brain, according to doctors at Wuri Lin Shin Hospital.