SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A Springfield man was tucking a gun into his waistband around lunchtime Sunday when the gun went off and a bullet went into his leg, police say.

He suffered non-life threatening injuries, said Sgt. Tonya Price.

According to Price, the man was showing off his new gun to a cousin when he put it in his waistband and it fired.

The man was driven in a personal vehicle to a hospital, where he was treated for a gunshot wound, Price said. No one else was injured.

The accidental shooting took place at about 12:15 p.m., Price said, in the 1200 block of South New Avenue.

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