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Lorain police said a convenience store clerk accidentally shot his friend in the head Friday.

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LORAIN, Ohio -- Investigators don't expect to seek criminal charges against a man who shot his friend in the head, Lorain police said Monday.

Police ruled the shooting that took place Friday afternoon inside Rudy's Market on West 23rd Street an accident.

Police said the 25-year-old clerk was sitting behind the register when he pulled out a .45-caliber pistol to show to a 24-year-old friend sitting next to him.

The clerk was handling the gun when it went off and a bullet struck his friend in the head.

Paramedics took the 24-year-old man to Mercy Hospital in Lorain. Doctors transfered him to MetroHealth in Cleveland.

The man's condition was not immediately available Monday afternoon.

The shooting victim was conscious and able to speak with investigators shortly after he was shot, Lorain Poice Capt. Roger Watkins said.

He was able to confirm that the shooting was an accident, Watkins said.

No one else was inside the store at the time of the shooting, he said.