HOWELL, MI - A father accidentally shot himself in the leg Friday afternoon while picking his child up from a Howell elementary school, police said.

The Hamburg Township man fired his handgun at about 3 p.m., Jan. 17 at Three Fires Elementary School, 4125 Crooked Lake Road, according to Michigan State Police.

The man was waiting for his child in the school’s pickup spot when he started adjusting his gun inside the vehicle and it went off, police said. He was alone in his vehicle and witnesses did not report any suspicious or threatening behavior, police said.

He sustained injuries to his hand and leg that are not life-threatening and was transported to the University of Michigan Hospital for treatment, police said. No one else was injured, police said.

The school was placed on temporary lockdown, but parents were able to pickup their children, police said.

The initial investigation shows there was no criminal intent, police said, adding they still are trying to verify if the man had a valid license to carry a concealed weapon.

No further details were immediately available. The investigation is ongoing.

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