SPRINGFIELD— A wounded man showed up at the Baystate Medical Center emergency room just before 1 a.m. Sunday claiming he had been shot.

But after interviewing the alleged victim, police have now concluded the wound was probably self-inflicted the result of an accident.

Springfield Police Capt. Brian Keenan said the alleged victim was brought to the ER by two other men. He told investigators that he had been shot in the leg. But, physical evidence and a lack of cooperation by any of the three men led police to believe he was not the victim of a shooter but accidentally shot himself.

Police units searched in the area of Orchard Street trying to find a potential shooting scene but no evidence was found, nor was a weapon recovered.

Keenan said indications are the shooting took place somewhere in the Northend.