Portland police are investigating an accidental shooting in which a person mishandled a gun and was shot in the hand.
The incident happened at about 3:30 p.m. Thursday on Cornell Street, in the Morrill’s Corner neighborhood.
Police and rescue workers were called to a reported shooting and determined it was accidental. The person was cleaning the gun and it fired, police said.
David Hench can be contacted at 791-6327 or at:
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