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A shooting that seriously injured a 19-year-old Lubbock man last week was ruled accidental, Lubbock police said Tuesday.

The man’s release release from a Lubbock hospital came a week after the April 25 shooting at a South Lubbock apartment complex, according to Lubbock police spokeswoman Tiffany Pelt.

Police were called about 5:30 p.m. April 25 to the Enclave Apartments near 71st Street and Utica Avenue in reference to a shooting.

“The caller said that his friend just shot himself,” a police report states.

Upon arrival, police found the injured, shirtless man on his hands and knees with a witness holding a throw blanket on the man’s chest and back.

A second witness poured water over the man’s head upon his request as he said he was feeling ill.

According to the report, other responding officers arrived on scene and the initial officer noted he was told the gun was taken to a different location.

Police at the scene reported finding a spent shell on the apartment’s floor in front of the couch, and live 9 mm rounds were scattered around the carpet.

The officer also located a bullet hole in the left-side of a television.

“(The suspect) said that (the wounded man) was jumping around in front of him and (the suspect) stood up to get off the couch and then gun went off,” the officer notes.

There were blood drops on the sidewalk, in the entry hallway, and a bloody-hand print on the closet door.

The officer notes the unspent rounds allegedly came from one of the involved parties attempting to unload the magazine.

Over the course of the investigation, 18-year-old Madison Oglesby was arrested at a home in the 2000 block of 35th Street on charges of tampering with evidence and possession of a controlled substance, according to A-J Media records.

Pelt said that, after questioning all involved individuals, including the wounded man, LPD investigators determined the shooting was accidental

Court documents show Oglesby has since been released from the Lubbock County Detention Center on a $20,000 bond.

No further information was released.

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Scary shot. A man shot himself in the hand April 10 while inspecting his gun at his home in the 5600 block of East Melody Way, Castle Rock. He was in bed after dinner inspecting his pistol but forgot to clear the chamber. It went off. His wife took him to the hospital. No one else was hurt. He was ticketed for discharging a gun in city limits.

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(Mankato, MN) – A 52-year-old man was hospitalized Sunday after accidentally shooting himself. The injuries to Matthew Drummer of Nicollet were not life threatening.

The Mankato Department of Public Safety says officers were called to a home in the 200 block of West 8th Street just before 2:00 Sunday afternoon.

According to police, Drummer told them he and his adult nephew were looking at the .380 with a magazine in it, when it accidentally discharged and the bullet went into his left leg.  Drummer bandaged the leg himself  and was waiting outside for the first responders when they arrived.

Drummer was taken by ambulance to the MCHS Hospital in Mankato.

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Five people were wounded in shootings Saturday night and early Sunday morning, according to police.

The most recent shooting happened in the Chinatown neighborhood on the South Side. The man, 27, said he was on a sidewalk in the 2400 block of South Canal Street about 3:35 a.m. when someone shot him. He was driven to Rush University Medical Center and then transferred to Stroger Hospital in stable condition, police said. He had been shot in the left arm.

Police later updated information on that shooting and said the gunshot wound was self-inflicted as the man tried to secure a gun inside a vehicle.

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A 29-year-old male appeared to have accidentally shot himself in the leg in the 900 block of Conestoga Boulevard at approximately 4:06 p.m. Saturday, according to 911.

Medics at the scene reported the man was awake and alert, but will likely be hospitalized for serious bleeding.

Scanner reports indicated emergency responders are not yet sure if he was alone at the time.

No further details were immediately available. The man's identity was withheld.

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An Indianapolis man was injured Saturday evening while handling a gun.

The Shelby County Sheriff’s Department says Thomas Moon, 21, was feeing out the trigger on a gun when it went off and struck him in the left hand.

The incident happened in Pleasant View.  There’s no further word on Moon’s medical condition.

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A man accidentally shot himself in the leg after getting into a physical altercation with another man during a road rage incident in Victorville, sheriff’s officials reported.

Deputies responded to a shopping center parking lot about 4:36 p.m. Saturday after receiving reports of a man being assaulted and possibly shot. Deputies found Chris Chow, 54, at the scene suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg.

Chow shot himself during a road rage incident also involving 21-year-old Chance Givens, which started near Petaluma Road and Mall Boulevard, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release.

Chow was the driver of his car and Givens was a passenger in a car driven by his girlfriend.

According to sheriff’s investigators, Chow pulled into a parking lot on Bear Valley Road, west of Amargosa Road, and Givens followed him.

Givens got out of his car and “confronted Chow about his driving,” officials said, and then began repeatedly punching Chow in the face.

Chow has a valid permit to carry a concealed weapon, and told investigators he pulled his handgun from his waistband because he feared for his safety and that of his wife.

Chow’s gun accidentally went off while he was retrieving it and resulted in him shooting himself in the leg, sheriff’s officials said.

Givens and his girlfriend fled from the scene after the shooting, but Givens was apprehended a short time later. His girlfriend returned to the scene on her own.

Givens was cited and released at the scene, sheriff’s officials said.

Chow was transported to a local hospital for a non-life threatening gunshot wound, as well as the injuries suffered during the physical assault.

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Officials said a 12-year-old boy accidentally shot himself while playing with a gun. The accidental shooting happened in Fuquay-Varina. According to the Wake County Sheriff’s Office the boy and an 11-year old girl related to him were playing with a gun when it was fired. The boy was taken to WakeMed for treatment.

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COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Coldwater Police say a man accidentally shot himself late Thursday night with a stolen weapon and then lied about the circumstances surrounding the shooting when he was interviewed by police.

Coldwater Public Safety Director Mark Bartell says officers were dispatched to the Community Health Center of Branch County for a man with a gunshot wound.

Bartell says initial statements made by the 24-year-old Coldwater man indicated he was shot in the back yard of his residence on Waterman Avenue by an unknown male.

A female friend who was also at the residence during the incident then drove the man to the hospital.

According to Bartell, officers through interviews were able to determine the man was not being truthful about what was initially reported and found that the man had accidentally shot himself while in possession of a stolen firearm.

Attempts were made to hide the firearm but officers found it hidden on the man’s property.

Bartell says the man suffered extensive injuries to his hand and thigh area. He was initially treated at C.H.C. before being transferred to Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo.

Coldwater Police will forward a report to the Branch County Prosecutor’s Office that will request numerous charges

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A 63-year-old man was injured Wednesday night after he accidentally shot himself in the arm, police say.

Officers were dispatched to the 2500 block of Stowe Drive about 9:40 p.m. Wednesday, Lawrence Police Officer Drew Fennelly said in a written response to questions. They found that the man had accidentally shot himself while he was cleaning the firearm at home.

The man was taken to an area hospital, where he was listed in stable condition, Fennelly said. An update on his condition was not available Thursday.

Fennelly said additional information regarding the incident was not immediately available Thursday because the police reports were not yet complete.

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A 17-year-old resident of Athens Gardens was treated for a gunshot wound Wednesday morning at Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center, Athens-Clarke County police said. The teen claimed he was holding a pistol by his side when it accidentally went off, sending a bullet through his leg, according to police. Two friends who accompanied the teen to the hospital backed up that account, but none would say where it occurred, police said. After some investigation, police said they identified a location in Oglethorpe County where it might have happened, and the case was handed over to that county’s sheriff’s office for further investigation, police said.

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VERNON — A search of vehicle in which a Hinsdale, N.H., man claims he was accidentally shot by a Colt 1911 didn't turn up the firearm, but it did turn up a number of items, such as marijuana, a "possible stolen safe (and) credit card," empty liquor bottles, a 7mm handgun and pill bottles. On Tuesday, April 25, at 5 p.m., the Windham County Sheriff's Office received a report of an accidental shooting at the boat landing near the Vernon Hydroelectric Dam. The victim, identified as Shawn J. Gailey, 20, of Hinsdale, N.H., was initially driven to Brattleboro Memorial Hospital and later transported by ambulance to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H., for treatment of gun shot wounds to his right hand and his right leg. Gailey had a single gunshot wound through his right hand and another in his right leg. The bullet had entered Gailey's inner thigh and shattered his femur, which was put back together by doctors at Dartmouth Hitchcock. Clark told the Reformer on April 27 that while the investigation was ongoing, there are a number of unresolved questions about how the shooting actually occurred. "We are assuming it was a single round, but given some inconsistencies, we are not sure," he said. The search of the vehicle, which was conducted on April 27, is part of the sheriff's investigation. An emergency room nurse at BMH told Windham County Sheriff Keith Clark that Gailey had been brought to the hospital in a vehicle "with a lot of blood on the passenger's side." After delivering Gailey to the ER, the driver and a passenger left the scene in the vehicle. According to an affidavit attached to the search warrant, Gailey told Clark he was in the passenger seat of the vehicle with the Colt 1911 handgun in his lap when he dropped his iPad onto the weapon, causing it to fire. But Clark, who writes that he himself owns a Colt 1911, notes the handgun is designed with various safety features including a grip safety that requires the firearm to be "properly gripped" before it will fire. "The victim's statement is inconsistent with the known features of the Colt Model 1911," wrote Clark. Gailey also told Clark that he had possessed the gun for "a couple of months," but did not purchase it. Gailey said he found it near powerlines in Chesterfield, N.H. When Clark asked where the gun was, Gailey said it had been tossed into the water near Cersosimo Lumber on Route 142 because "we got scared." At 9:40 p.m. on April 25, a deputy located the vehicle Gailey had been riding in at the Vernon Dam boat launch. Two people were in the car, noted Deputy Joshua Parro, and there was "a significant amount of blood and tissue on the floor, seat and door on the front passenger side ..." The driver of the vehicle admitted to Parro that she was with Gailey when he shot himself and that they had been smoking marijuana when he took the gun out and was cleaning it. "She later said she thought he was changing the grips. She said the gun went off once striking Gailey." The driver confirmed Gailey's statement that on the way to the hospital, the firearm was thrown into the Connecticut River. The firearm has not yet been located, according to the affidavit. In September 2016, Gailey was found guilty of misdemeanor criminal mischief in Hinsdale. According to the Keene Sentinel, In February 2016, he intentionally damaged another person's vehicle by pouring one or more items into the gas tank, puncturing a tire and smearing tuna fish on the interior of the vehicle. He was sentenced to 12 months in jail, with all but three months suspended, and ordered to pay $2,559 in restitution to his victim. He was also ordered to tour the New Hampshire State Prison and to undergo an anger management evaluation and follow through on all recommendations.

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ROCKY RIVER, Ohio -- A Rocky River police officer was hospitalized Monday after what investigators described as an accidental shooting at a Lorain County gun range.

The shooting happened between 11 to 11:45 a.m. Monday at the Lorain County Joint Vocation School Law Enforcement Range.

The 25-year-veteran, who is a police sergeant, was taken to MetroHealth by helicopter for treatment. His condition is unknown, but he was conscious when he got to the hospital.

A .223-caliber bullet went through the back of the officer's left leg and came out of the front of his leg and into his left foot, Lorain County Sheriff's Office Capt. Rick Thomas said.

The officer's rifle was slung over his shoulder and pointed toward the ground with a round in the chamber and the safety off, Thomas said. He reached around to grab the hand guard and instead hit the trigger, Thomas said.

"You got to always pay attention with firearms," Thomas said. "I feel sorry for the guy."

Eight Rocky River police officers went to the gun range for rifle qualification training, Thomas said.

Rocky River police said family has been notified, but would not release the name of the officer Tuesday morning. An updated medical condition was not available as of Tuesday morning.

Police say the shooting range at Lorain County JVS is not near student centers or activities. There were no students at the range, according to Rocky River police.

The Lorain County Sheriff's Office responded to the scene and Rocky River police is investigating the incident internally. The sheriff's office will investigate the incident, but Thomas said there won't be much to it.

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VICKSBURG, MS (Ben Caxton) — Vicksburg Police have released the name of the 3-year-old victim in an accidental shooting Sunday. The dead toddler was identified today as Jayceon Karter O’Neal. Vicksburg Police Chief Walter Armstrong says the child was handling the firearm while the father was asleep. Authorities believe the gunshot was self-inflicted because the child was playing with the gun. At this time no charges have been filed but the investigation as to how the toddler came to have the loaded weapon are continuing.

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LITTLE ROCK, Iowa | Authorities have ruled an April 23 incident that hospitalized a Little Rock man with a gunshot wound as accidental, but the man now faces multiple charges for unlawful possession of a firearms and another charge of child endangerment.

Joseph Michael Pedersen, 36, suffered a single gunshot wound to the chest at a residence in the 300 block of Clothier Street in Little Rock April 23. Pedersen was transported to Sibley Hospital and then flown to Avera Hospital in Sioux Falls for treatment of his injury.

According to a news release issued Tuesday, an investigation by the Lyon County Sheriff's Office and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident determined Pedersen had inflicted the gunshot wound on himself. However, he was found to not be allowed to have firearms in his possession.

Pedersen was charged Monday with seven counts of felony possession of firearms and one count of child endangerment, an aggravated misdemeanor. He has been released from the Lyon County Jail on $10,000 bond.

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A 26-year-old man told police he was walking in Little Rock on Sunday night when someone drove by and shot him, according to a police report.

Little Rock resident Courtney Hammons told investigators he was in the 800 block of South Dennison Street about 10:30 p.m. Sunday when he was struck by gunfire, a Little Rock Police Department report said.

Officers met Hammons at a hospital. Hammons couldn't give police a description of the person who shot him or the car the gunman was in, the report said.

Police said the Hammons "had a bullet wound on the inside of his right leg just above his foot" with an exit wound in his heel, according to the report. Police noted in the document that the wound "appeared to be self-inflicted."

A hospital receptionist told officers that a male left Hammons at the hospital and drove away in a maroon SUV. A female was driving, the report said.

No arrests had been made at the time of the report.

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Dubuque Police have identified the two men injured in an accidental shooting on Saturday night. 28-year-old Kyle Chase and 29-year-old Travis Lemonovich each suffered leg injuries after Chase inadvertently fired his handgun while showing it to Lemonovich. The incident happened at about 10:30 Saturday night at Chase’s home in the 2100 block of Garfield Avenue. Both men were taken to Finley Hospital to be treated for their injuries. The investigation into the incident is still ongoing. It’s unclear whether any charges will be filed.