A 23-year-old man was shot at his home in Falmouth Tuesday afternoon after his handgun accidentally fired, police said. Officers responded to a home on Poplar Ridge Road at 12:17 p.m. Poplar Ridge Road is off of Blackstrap Road. The victim suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the chest, police said. "He was working on his firearm and it was an unintentional discharge, at this point, but we have to talk to him and find out exactly the mechanics that happened that made this weapon go off," said Falmouth Police Lt. John Kilbride. He was transported by a family member to the West Cumberland Fire Department, where he was then transported to Maine Medical Center in Portland.

A 23-year-old man was shot at his home in Falmouth Tuesday afternoon after his handgun accidentally fired, police said.

Officers responded to a home on Poplar Ridge Road at 12:17 p.m.


Poplar Ridge Road is off of Blackstrap Road.

The victim suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the chest, police said.

"He was working on his firearm and it was an unintentional discharge, at this point, but we have to talk to him and find out exactly the mechanics that happened that made this weapon go off," said Falmouth Police Lt. John Kilbride.

He was transported by a family member to the West Cumberland Fire Department, where he was then transported to Maine Medical Center in Portland.