Official: Victim shot once in arm. Wake Med w/ non-life threatening injury. Trying to piece together what happened. pic.twitter.com/grTSjBYNsn — Tim Pulliam (@TimABC11) September 10, 2016

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (WTVD) -- One person was taken to the hospital after being shot in the arm Saturday afternoon at a gas station in Wake Forest.Officials said the shooting at the Shell station at 942 Durham Road was accidental.The victim was teaching his friend, Moqbel Abdullah Ahmed how to clean a handgun, officials said. While putting the gun together, the weapon discharged, striking the victim in the arm.The victim's injuries are not life-threatening, officials said.Ahmed has been issued a citation for discharging a firearm in town limits.