PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (WSAZ) – Portsmouth police are investigating what they’re calling an accidental shooting that left one man dead early Saturday evening.

According to investigators, it happened just before 8 p.m. Saturday in the 600 block of Adams Street.

Investigators say police were on the scene of an unrelated call just next door when they heard what sounded like a gunshot. When they got to the house, police say they found Amos Rudd, 57, of Portsmouth, sitting on a couching. He was holding his chest, saying he had been shot.

Police say the homeowner told them he dropped a gun and when it hit the floor it discharged a bullet, hitting Rudd. Rudd was taken to the hospital where he died Sunday afternoon.

Another man who was in the house when the shooting happened told police he kicked the gun out of the way after the shooting. Police say they found it under a refrigerator.

Detective Steve Timberlake with the Portsmouth Police Department told WSAZ what happened isn’t a common scenario, but it isn’t unlikely.

Timberlake says the investigation is ongoing and an official statement on what happened won’t be released until an autopsy is performed.

No arrests have been made.