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By News Sentinel Staff

KNOXVILLE — A man is recovering after police say he accidentally shot himself in a workplace bathroom.

Emergency responders were called shortly before 5 p.m. Tuesday to the offices of Cityview Magazine, 6812 Baum Drive, to find the victim suffering from a gunshot wound to his leg, according to the Knoxville Police Department.

Bryan Starmer, 45, was returning his personal firearm to its holster after a visit to the bathroom when he shot himself, according to KPD Lt. Chris McCarter.

"The round went right through the holster," McCarter said.

Starmer, the magazine's creative director, was taken by ambulance to Parkwest Medical Center with what authorities described as nonlife-threatening injuries.

Starmer has a state permit to carry a weapon, police said.

More details as they develop online and in Wednesday's News Sentinel.