Man accidentally shoots himself in the hand

<p>A Greenwood man accidentally shot himself in the hand after he dropped a gun and a shot was fired.</p><p>An officer from the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office responded to Community Hospital South at 4:52 p.m. Thursday to a report that a man had a gun shot wound to his hand.</p><p>The man told the officer he had returned to his home in the 500 block of Keeneland Lane in Greenwood after a day of shooting. He began to clean his gun and accidentally dropped it. When he attempted to catch it, the gun went off and a bullet entered his other hand, according to a report from the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office.</p><p>The bullet entered the palm of his hand and discharged near his wrist. The man also had gun powder burns on his hand, according to the report.</p><p>A relative drove him to the hospital, where he was treated, the report said.</p>