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Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office

A Holly Hill man is recovering from a gunshot wound to his leg after he accidentally shot himself on Monday, according to a sheriff’s office incident report.

At 11:45 p.m., deputies arrived at a Selena Circle residence where a 20-year-old man told them that he was messing with his gun while he was in his bed, the report said.

The gun discharged and struck him in the right leg above the knee.

The man’s mother said she heard a loud noise and her son yelling, but didn’t think much of it because of some of the things her son does, the incident report states.

She told deputies that the gun was on the porch under some clothes, the report said.

The clip to the .40-caliber Hi-Point semi-automatic handgun was on the bed next to the man.

The serial number on the handgun had been filed off, so deputies weren’t able to check a computer system to see if the weapon had been reported stolen. The gun and clip were taken into evidence.

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