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SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake police are requesting help finding a handgun used in an accidental shooting on Monday.
About 7:11 a.m., officers received information about a person with a gunshot wound near 300 W. 1300 South.
When police and paramedics arrived on scene, they found a 19-year-old man inside an SUV with a shooting injury to his leg. Officers applied a tourniquet to the man's leg and and paramedics transported him to the hospital in serious condition, according to a statement from Salt Lake police.
Based on the preliminary investigation, police said it appears that the man had been manipulating the handgun while driving when it fired and hit him.
Afterward, the man tossed the gun in the area of 1300 South, somewhere from State Street to 300 West, according to the statement. Officers searched the area but were unable to locate the weapon.
It's described as a tan handgun and should be considered loaded, police said. If found, police are asking the public to call 911.
