Update: Muskegon-area man is 61-year-old who accidentally shot self outside Gander Mountain store



GRANDVILLE – Police are responding to the Gander Mountain store along Canal Avenue SW on reports that a 61-year-old man shot himself in the leg while trying to clear the chamber of a weapon.

Dispatchers report that the gun has since been locked in the victim's vehicle in the shopping center parking lot at 4655 Canal Ave. SW.

Authorities did not immediately report the type of weapon the man was handling when he shot himself about 12:50 p.m.

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