ORANGE – A police academy recruit from the Beverly Hills Police Department accidentally shot himself in the leg during a training exercise at the Orange County Sheriff’s Department gun range in Orange on Monday morning, authorities said.

The incident occurred around 8:45 a.m. as the male recruit was using his sidearm during a live-fire drill, said Orange County Sheriff’s Lt. Mark Stichter.

“The weapon accidentally discharged and sent a single round into his right leg,” Stichter said. “Deputies at the range attended to him until paramedics from the Orange County Fire Authority arrived.”

The unnamed recruit was taken to UCI Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries and is expected to fully recover. No other recruits, deputies or officers were injured.

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