A Cole Harbour, N.S., man facing three attempted murder charges now faces more charges after he apparently shot himself on Canada Day.

Markel Jason Downey, 19, will appear in Dartmouth Provincial Court Tuesday to answer to eight weapons offences related to a July 1 shooting.

Shortly after 10 p.m. on Canada Day, a man suffering from a single gunshot wound to his leg approached police at the Alderney Landing concert, said Const. Pierre Bourdages.

Paramedics took him to hospital.

The victim was carrying a loaded firearm in his shorts and shot himself while handling the firearm. - Const. Pierre Bourdages

"Officers never located the area where the shooting took place and received little cooperation from the victim," Bourdages said.

"It was later determined that the victim was carrying a loaded firearm in his shorts and shot himself while handling the firearm. The firearm was never recovered."

Downey faces 20 other charges — including three counts of attempted murder, and a charge of robbery with a firearm — relating to a home invasion and shooting on Arklow Drive in November.

Downey represented Nova Scotia as a boxer in the 2011 Canada Games, which were held in Halifax. He won gold in the 49-kilogram to 52-kilogram category.

According to his Facebook page, he's still an active boxer and travelled to Puerto Rico to fight earlier this year.