Man cleaning gun accidentally shoots, wounds 2

Injured men were taken to University Hospital

SAN ANTONIO – Two men were injured when a gun accidentally went off during a routine cleaning, San Antonio police said Monday.

The shooting occurred just after midnight in the 1400 block of Delgado Street, found not far from Irving Middle School and North Hamilton Avenue on the city's West Side.

Police said the two men were sitting at a table while one of the men cleaned the gun. The gun accidently went off, police said, hitting the man holding it in the finger and the man next to him in the side.

The two men shot were taken to University Hospital in stable condition.

The investigation into the shooting is ongoing.


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