Update: Grand Rapids Police Lt. Jim Baumgart said the victim suffered anon-life threatening injury to his stomach after his gun went off while cleaning it.

Baumgart was not sure which hospital the man was sent to nor the make of the gun.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — A man was taken to the hospital after he accidentally shot himself Thursday evening, according to police dispatch reports.

The victim had been cleaning his gun when it went off, shooting him in the stomach. The extent of the man's injuries are unclear, but he was able to tell emergency dispatchers his address and that the light on his porch was on.

Emergency crews responded around 7:45 p.m. to the residence in the 1000 block of Oaklawn Street NE.

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