12/27/13 - An accidental gunshot in a local store sent a Green Oak Township man to the hospital yesterday. Brighton Police officers responded to a call at Home Depot at about 6:00 Thursday night. They discovered that a 32-year-old man had accidentally shot himself in the buttocks with a pistol he had been carrying on his person. His injuries were minor, and he opted to be driven to the University of Michigan hospital by his wife for treatment rather than take an ambulance. Police Chief Tom Wightman says it appears that the man was reaching for his wallet in the store when he accidentally grabbed the gun, activating the mechanism and firing a shot into his buttocks. The man was not seriously hurt, and there was no injury to bystanders or damage to the store. Wightman says the man had a license for the pistol as well as to carry it concealed on his person, so there likely will be no charges filed by the police in the case. (TD)
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