Cleaning a handgun Tuesday night in Palmer Township led to an accidental, self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to township police.

It occurred about 7:30 p.m. at a home in the 2600 block of Eldridge Avenue, a Northampton County 911 dispatch supervisor confirmed. Initial reports were for an adult male who had suffered a gunshot wound.

Township police Sgt. Timothy Ruoff said the surface wound to the hand was minor and that the victim was taken to an area hospital for treatment.

No one else was reported injured.

Police did not have further information immediately available.

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