The man told police that the gun he "always" sleeps with accidentally fired, according to a Monday (3/13/17) Murfreesboro Police Report.

Evidently, the accidental shooting occurred on Lascassas Pike at Gateway Apartments. The 26 year old man reported that while he was asleep he moved and hit the gun causing it to discharge. The man did not state anything else other than it shot him in his left hand when it discharged.

Murfreesboro Police confiscated the revolver and the ammunition. The accidental shooter was transported to Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville with non life threatening injuries.

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MPD Incident 17-5281