A 29-year-old Summerfield man accidentally shot himself in the hand while cleaning a pistol at his home on Monday afternoon.
Marion County Fire Rescue and Marion County sheriff’s deputies responded to the home located on SE 58th Court after the man accidentally shot his hand while cleaning a .45-caliber Taurus pistol.
The man’s father was home at the time and was in the kitchen when he heard a shot fired. A bullet lodged in the coffee table, according to an incident report from the sheriff’s office.