Police: Man accidentally shoots self in testicles

[June 03, 2010]  SEATTLE (AP) -- Police said a man accidentally shot himself in the testicles at a Lynnwood department store.

Police spokeswoman Shannon Sessions said the man was carrying his handgun in his waistband and it accidentally went off about noon Sunday.

She said he was wounded in the testicles and also in his leg and foot. No one else was hurt.

The man was rushed to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, but there was no immediate word on his condition.

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Information from: The Seattle Times, http://www.seattletimes.com/

[Associated Press]

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