HUNTSVILLE, AL - Huntsville police said a 23-year-old man was shot on purpose early Tuesday morning by a friend.

Police said the man was hanging out with a 24-year-old female friend in a home on Cotton Row where the two were drinking alcohol and playing with a gun.

According to police reports, around 1 a.m. the woman said she wanted to shoot the man. The man told police he believed she was kidding, so he told her to go ahead and shoot him, and she did.

The man was shot once in the hand and was taken to Huntsville Hospital in a private vehicle, police said. His non-life-threatening gunshot wound was treated, and he was released.

Police said the man is not planning to press charges.