CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A man disassembling a handgun accidentally shot his 73-year-old father-in-law in the city's Broadway-Slavic Village neighborhood, police say.

The incident happened about 9 p.m. Wednesday at the father-in-law's home on East 77th Street off Broadway Avenue.

A 60-year-old Middleburg Heights man told police he was showing his father-in-law the gun and was in the process of taking it apart.

He said he removed the bullets from the gun, but accidentally left one in the chamber, according to police reports.

The bullet hit the 60-year-old man in the hand, hit the 73-year-old man in the elbow and lodged in his abdomen, according to police reports.

An officer provided some medical treatment at the scene before an ambulance arrived and took him to MetroHealth.

The 73-year-old man told police at the hospital that the shooting was "a complete accident," police reports say.

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