J.D. Gallop

FLORIDA TODAY

A man who authorities say apparently shot himself in the leg at a home in Titusville, was airlifted to a nearby hospital. The shooting was reported just after 9 a.m. at a residence in the 400 block of Darden Avenue. Titusville police were also investigating the incident.

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The man was taken by ambulance to a waiting medical helicopter at a Kmart store shopping plaza and then transported to a hospital for further treatment, authorities reported. The gunshot wound was to the man's left leg, authorities reported.

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