OAK FOREST, IL — An employee at an Oak Forest gun range shot and injured himself Wednesday when his firearm accidentally discharged, according to police. He was hit in the "lower extremities" and taken to a nearby hospital by the Oak Forest Fire Department, Police Chief Tim Kristin said. No one else was injured in the incident.

The shooting happened before 9 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25, at Eagle Sports Range, 5900 W. 159th St. The employee was inside the facility when the gun he had fired accidentally, said Kristin, who didn't know the employee's condition when he was taken to the hospital.

No other details about the employee or how the shooting happened were available, Kristin said. (Get Patch real-time email alerts for the latest Oak Forest news. And iPhone users: Check out Patch's new app.)