Cleaning a handgun Tuesday night in Palmer Township led to an accidental, self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to township police.
It occurred about 7:30 p.m. at a home in the 2600 block of Eldridge Avenue, a Northampton County 911 dispatch supervisor confirmed. Initial reports were for an adult male who had suffered a gunshot wound.
Township police Sgt. Timothy Ruoff said the surface wound to the hand was minor and Grandbetting that the victim was taken to an area hospital for treatment.
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No one else was reported injured.
Police did not have further information immediately available.
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