Nobody was injured when a man claiming to be cleaning a handgun in his Grand Forks apartment accidently fired a round Monday afternoon.

The Grand Forks Police Department was called to the 1200 block of 55th Avenue South at 4:38 p.m. Monday by a man who said he mistakenly discharged a round into a wall in his apartment.

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Police said the bullet traveled through a wall within the apartment unit, but they do not believe it entered adjacent apartments.

The incident remains under investigation.