A Calgary man is facing weapons charges after the gun he was handling discharged and fired a shot through the wall of the house next door injuring a 61-year-old man.

Police were called to a home in the Woodbine area on Thursday at about 11:00 p.m. and found a man suffering from a gunshot wound.

A 25-year-old man who lives next door to the injured man told police that a handgun accidentally discharged in his home sending a shot through the wall and into the home next door.

Police have determined that the man unintentionally fired the shot and say that the handgun was legally owned.

The neighbour was hit in the abdomen and taken to hospital in stable condition and has since been released.

Brandon Naumann is charged with careless use of a firearm, improper storage of a firearm and having a loaded restricted firearm.

Naumann is expected to appear in court on September 11, 2015.