According to police, the man called 911 around 2:10 a.m. to report he was walking to his vehicle in the area of 150 Pine Street when two men attacked him. The victim drew his gun to defend himself, but he dropped it, and one of the assailants picked it up, he told officials.

“The handgun was then recovered by one of the suspects, who fired a round at the victim, striking him in the hand,” Atlanta police spokesman Officer Jarius Daugherty said.