PALESTINE, Texas — Police responded to a man accidentally shooting himself in a restaurant in Palestine Tuesday evening.
According to the Palestine Police Department, a 25-year-old man was sitting outside a Pint and Barrel restaurant when his handgun located in his pocket was discharged and a bullet hit his leg.
PPD said officers quickly applied a tourniquet to his left thigh to control the bleeding.
The man was taken to a Tyler hospital to treat his wound. Police said at this moment, his condition is unknown.