MECOSTA COUNTY, MI - A Grand Rapids man who accidentally shot himself in the hand was hospitalized late Sunday, June 12.

The man, 26, was trying to unload and clean his gun when it discharged.

Mecosta County sheriff's deputies were called around 11 p.m. Sunday to Spectrum Health Big Rapids Hospital on a report of an accidental shooting.

The injured man was taken to the hospital soon after the incident occurred at a cottage in Morton Township, sheriff's deputies said.

The man's name was not released.

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