ISABELLA TWP, MI -- An 81-year-old man is recovering in the hospital after police said he accidentally shot himself in the leg.

Deputies from the Isabella County Sheriff's Department along with Mobile Medical Response and Isabella North East Township Fire Department responded to the home, located in the 1000 block of East Jordan in Isabella Township, shortly after 7:30 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 2, according to Sheriff Michael Main.

The man accidentally shot himself in the lower leg with a medium-sized-caliber handgun he believed to be unloaded at the time, according to Main.

The man was flown to McLaren and then to Covenant HealthCare hospitals. His injuries are not believed to be life-threatening, according to Main.