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San Francisco Man Accidentally Shoots Himself In Leg

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- An allegedly intoxicated man accidentally shot himself in the leg in San Francisco's Bayview District early Friday morning, police said.

The 24-year-old man was under the influence of alcohol and shot himself in the leg at about 2:20 a.m. inside his home in the first block of Whitfield Court, according to police.

His girlfriend took him to San Francisco General Hospital to be treated for the injury, which is not life-threatening, police said.

No other information about the shooting was immediately available.

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