-- Two people are in the hospital this morning following an accidental shooting during a gun exchange in the parking lot of their place of work.

Huntsville police and HEMSI responded to a call at Sharp Communications, located at 3403 Governors Drive, just before 10 a.m.

"I'm not clear if they were selling a gun or exchanging a gun, something like that," CEO Trey Sharp said. "It went through one employee's hand into the other employee's abdomen. It appears they will both be fine."

Sharp said he was walking into work around 9:30 a.m. when he heard the cracking noise he recognized as a gunshot.

"At first I didn't think anything had happened because they were both standing there and it looked like everything was fine," he said.

Sharp said one of the victims then ran up and handed him his phone. He had already called 9-1-1, Sharp said.

Sharp said both men were on the clock at the time of the incident, and that he and management are discussing how the incident will be handled.

Alabama passed a new gun law last year allowing employees to bring loaded handguns to the workplace as long as the firearms are kept in the vehicle. The law went into effect Aug. 1.