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Man accidentally shoots himself while holstering gun in Sultan

Photo: Sultan Police Department
Man accidentally shoots himself while holstering gun in Sultan Photo: Sultan Police Department (Photo: Sultan Police Department)

SULTAN, Wash. — The Sultan Police Department says a man was accidentally shot on February 15.

Police say the gun discharged while he was putting it back into a holster, hitting him in the thigh.

Officers responded to the man’s home and applied a tourniquet to stop the bleeding.

Sultan Police credit a deputy’s quick response with possibly saving the man’s life.

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