TOLEDO, Ohio — Toledo police are investigating two incidents from the weekend in which men were injured by accidental self-inflicted gunshot wounds.
In the first incident, a Toledo man told police he was wounded when a gun he was carrying in his waistband malfunctioned and fired in east Toledo Friday.
The incident happened around 10:30 p.m. in the 2000 block of Front Street. The 31-year-old man sustained a gunshot wound to his left leg and was taken to St. Charles Hospital, police said.
In the second incident, police said a man told them he accidentally shot himself while sitting on the couch in an apartment in the 5100 block of Lewis Avenue shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday in west Toledo.
The bullet went through the 24-year-old's left leg as well as the couch, police said. The man was taken to Mercy Health - St. Vincent Medical Center.
Investigations into both incidents are ongoing.
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