Police say a man accidentally shot himself in the lower body during a fight with another man in Downtown Long Beach.
Around 7:45 p.m. Monday, a caller reported a shooting on West Fifth Street near Chestnut Avenue, according to Long Beach police.
Officers arrived to find a man suffering from a gunshot wound to his lower body, police said. He was taken to a hospital for treatment of the non-life-threatening wound.
A preliminary investigation determined the man’s gun accidentally went off, striking him in the lower body, while he was in a fight with another man, police said.
Police found a .40 caliber pistol at the scene, but the other man involved in the fight fled before officers arrived.
No other injuries were reported.