Father shoots self in leg in Downtown Disney parking lot
Keith Kohn | Sentinel Staff Writer
10:21 PM EDT, July 12, 2008
A man preparing to go to the movies with his son at the Downtown Disney shopping complex shot himself in the leg Saturday night, authorities said. The man, who was not named, was treated at Orlando Regional Medical Center for a non-life-threatening accidental gunshot injury, Orange County sheriff's spokesman Jim Solomons said.
The Sheriff's Office earlier reported that the man was leaving the Disney area when the gun was discharged.
The man's 12-year-old son phoned authorities shortly after 7:30 p.m. to report the shooting.
Solomons said the man had his son get out of their car and wait so he "could safely clear his weapon," Solomons said. He removed the semiautomatic handgun from his waistband and while he was removing the magazine or clearing the round from the chamber, "the firearm discharged, striking him in the leg.
Solomons said it did not appear the gun was ever brought into the Disney shopping mall at Downtown Disney.
The man was in stable condition at ORMC later Saturday.
Keith Kohn | Sentinel Staff Writer
10:21 PM EDT, July 12, 2008
A man preparing to go to the movies with his son at the Downtown Disney shopping complex shot himself in the leg Saturday night, authorities said. The man, who was not named, was treated at Orlando Regional Medical Center for a non-life-threatening accidental gunshot injury, Orange County sheriff's spokesman Jim Solomons said.
The Sheriff's Office earlier reported that the man was leaving the Disney area when the gun was discharged.
The man's 12-year-old son phoned authorities shortly after 7:30 p.m. to report the shooting.
Solomons said the man had his son get out of their car and wait so he "could safely clear his weapon," Solomons said. He removed the semiautomatic handgun from his waistband and while he was removing the magazine or clearing the round from the chamber, "the firearm discharged, striking him in the leg.
Solomons said it did not appear the gun was ever brought into the Disney shopping mall at Downtown Disney.
The man was in stable condition at ORMC later Saturday.
