FREEPORT — An 18-year-old Freeport man was shot below his abdomen on Saturday.

Freeport police were called to FHN at 4:34 p.m. to interview the man, but he was uncooperative with officers and told conflicting stories to police and hospital staff, according to a news release.

The man told hospital personnel he was shot while exiting vehicle, but told police he was shot while walking on the street. Physical evidence suggests that the gunshot wound was most likely the result of a self-inflected accidental gunshot, police said.

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