A 50-year-old man accidentally shot himself Saturday night at the Estadio Francisco Rosario Paoli in Maunabo. According to preliminary information from the Puerto Rico Police Bureau, at about 7:10 PM staff at the Maunabo Diagnostic and Treatment Center called police about a man with a gunshot wound. In an interview, the man, a Yabucoa resident, said he was carrying a Glock 43X, 9-millimeter firearm on the right side of his waist and accidentally pressed the trigger.
The bullet struck him in the genital area. He was later admitted to the Centro Médico de Puerto Rico in Río Piedras, where his condition is stable. The man holds a current weapons carry license.
Police did not specify whether he was at the stadium working or as a spectator. Agent Christian Salinas Amaro, assigned to the Maunabo District, handled the preliminary investigation, while agent Víctor M. Meléndez Rivera, assigned to the Technical Services Division of the Criminal Investigation Corps of Humacao, took photographs and collected evidence related to the incident.