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A man in his 40s suffered an injury to his hand caused by the slide of a pistol that discharged as he took it from an unidentified woman Sunday about 5 a.m.

Captain Mark St. Pierre of the Butte police department said the woman, 47, was attempting to leave a private house party in Butte when she brandished a .45-caliber pistol after she reported feeling threatened by the two men who live at the undisclosed residence.

“She was in her vehicle attempting to leave, just going home,” said St. Pierre. “She thought the two men had other intentions to harm her.”

At that point, one of the men grabbed the pistol from her, then it discharged. The bullet went into the ground, said St. Pierre, but the slide from the pistol caused a “slight injury” and “some slight bleeding” to his hand.

No one was seriously injured, he said, and the injured man refused medical treatment. St. Pierre said he could not disclose any names.

St. Pierre said police escorted the woman home. The two men, both in their 40s, were intoxicated, but the woman was not, he added.

No charges have been filed at this time.

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