A shooting reported Monday night on General Taylor Street has been deemed an accident after New Orleans police determined the victim shot himself in the leg, authorities said.

The shooting was reported around 10:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20, in the 2200 block of General Taylor Street (between South Liberty and Loyola streets and about a block from Crocker Elementary), NOPD Officer Frank Robertson III said. The victim’s gunshot wound was in his leg, and he was taken to the hospital for treatment, Robertson said.

On Tuesday morning, the incident was recorded as a negligent injury, after “the victim accidentally shot himself,” said NOPD Officer Hilal Williams.