Man cleaning gun shoots himself but doesn't realize it until 3 days later
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The man checked himself in to Florida Hospital Fish Memorial in Orange City. (Google Street View)
A Florida man shot himself in the arm while cleaning a handgun, but didn't realize it until three days later when he finally changed shirts and found a bullet hole.
An arrest report says Volusia County Sheriff's deputies were called after 37-year-old Michael Blevins went to a hospital Saturday. Blevins told them he was cleaning a .22 caliber pistol on Thursday when he held it against his chest to keep his dog from jumping near it.
The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports as Blevins stood up, his back gave out and he fell. He says he heard a gunshot but didn't feel pain from that, possibly because of medicine he takes for back pain.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}He says he went about his business until Saturday when he changed shirts and saw the entrance and exit wounds.