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A man was accidentally shot Monday at the Holy Family Apartments on Louisiana Avenue.

Karl Ratcliff, an Lafayette Police Department spokesperson, confirmed a man was shot in the chest inside an apartment shortly before noon, KLFY reports.

The man is currently being treated at a local hospital.

Ratcliff said detectives are interviewing several people who were inside of the apartment when the man was shot.

He specified the interviewees are not suspects at this time.

The police spokesperson could not comment further on the circumstances of the shooting, citing it was too early on in the investigation.

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