Beloit man accidentally shoots himself

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A 20-year-old Beloit man may be facing charges after accidentally shooting himself in the leg.

Beloit police say a man who turned up at a local emergency room around 10:00 Thursday night told police that he had been shot by a subject who approached him on the west side of town.

After the evidence pointed otherwise, he eventually admitted that he had been goofing around with a handgun in the back seat of a vehicle with some friends when the gun went off by accident.

Police believe the incident actually took place in a parking lot on the east side.

The man suffered non-life threatening injuries, and was released from the hospital after being treated.