WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, MI -- Macomb County sheriff's deputies say a 68-year-old man was pulling a .22-caliber handgun from his gun safe when it fired.

The gunshot struck a 22-year-old man who was visiting the house about 9:30 p.m. June 24 in the upper-right thigh.

The injury was not life threatening.

The gunowner told deputies he did not think the gun was loaded.

The matter is being reviewed by the Macomb County Prosecutor's Office and was forwarded to the Macomb County Gun Board to review.