AUGUSTA — A city man was flown to a Lewiston hospital Tuesday after accidentally shooting himself in the stomach.
The 34-year-old Augusta man told police he was cleaning his handgun inside his Eastern Avenue home around 8:30 p.m. when the gun accidentally discharged, said Augusta Police Sgt. Christopher Massey.
The victim was flown by a LifeFlight of Maine helicopter to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston for treatment of a single gunshot wound to his stomach, Massey said.
Police are investigating the incident.
“We don’t expect anybody else was involved,” Massey said.
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