Man accidentally shoots and injures himself in Juniata

Saturday, April 25, 2015
JUNIATA (WPVI) -- Police say a 23-year-old man accidentally shot and injured himself in Philadelphia's Juniata section early Saturday morning.

Officers responded just before 2:30 a.m. to an alley in the rear of a home on the 4200 block of Castor Avenue after several reports of gunshots fired.
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They discovered blood and shell casings behind the home.

Investigators went to Einstein Medical Center to talk to a man who showed up with a gunshot wound to the hand.

He told police he was handling his 22 Caliber, Mossberg Rifle preparing the gun for a sale when he accidentally discharged the rifle inside his basement.

He then transported himself along with his mother in his vehicle to the hospital.



He sustained a single gunshot wound to his left hand and was treated and released.
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