SANDUSKY, Ohio -- An officer in northern Ohio slipped on the ice during a drug search and accidentally shot himself in the hip, police said.

Detective Lester Peters, who has been a Sandusky officer since 2006, suffered a wound that only grazed his hip. He sustained just minor skin abrasions, authorities said. Peters was treated at Firelands Regional Medical Center and released.

The detective was at the front of a group when it was executing a search warrant Thursday night, Sandusky police said.



The detective had his weapon out of his holster and pointed down toward the ground when he fell on the ice, police said.



Police Sgt. Dana Newell told the Sandusky Register that the bullet struck a screw on the officer's holster and then hit his leather belt.