A man accidentally shot himself near Downtown Long Beach Monday evening but refused to let paramedics take him to the hospital, according to authorities.

The man, who is in his 40s, was in his apartment in the 700 block of E. Medio Street—which is near E. Shoreline Drive and E. Ocean Boulevard—when the gun went off, said Officer Ben Hearst, a spokesman for the Long Beach Police Department.

The man was “manipulating his firearm” before it accidentally discharged, hitting him in the upper torso, Hearst said. The wound wasn’t life-threatening, according to Hearst.

Paramedics who arrived to help the man called police to the scene, but officers determined he hadn’t committed any crime, according to authorities.

“The Long Beach Police Department reminds the public to handle all firearms with extreme safety,” Hearst said.