ST. LOUIS • A man who showed up at a hospital with a gunshot wound to the buttocks may have accidentally shot himself, police said Monday.

The man, 40, went to a hospital Friday night with the gunshot wound. He "provided several conflicting statements" about the shooting, police said, but told investigators he was near Virginia Avenue and Itaska Street about 7:30 p.m. when he heard gunshots and felt pain.

That address is in the Dutchtown neighborhood, but no shooting scene could be found, police said.

Preliminary information from medical staff suggested the gunshot wound was self-inflicted, police said.

The injured man's condition was not available, but police said he was stable.

The shooting remains under investigation.