BRITT — A 22-year-old Hoyt Lakes man is hospitalized after an apparently accidental shooting at what authorities called "an underage Halloween party."
Deputies responded to a report of a shooting around 10:30 p.m. Saturday, according to a news release from the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office.
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An investigation determined that the man, described as intoxicated, "had accidentally shot himself in the left leg with a handgun."
He was taken to Virginia Regional Medical Center by a private vehicle. The Sheriff's Office said the man's wounds are not life-threatening. Authorities did not release the man's name.
The incident remains under investigation.