A 37-year-old Florida man only noticed he’d been shot while cleaning his revolver two days later when he changed from a black shirt to a brown one and noticed a blood stain from his wound.
Reuters reported the bullet pierced Michael Blevins’ skin and muscle before exiting his body while he was cleaning the gun in his living room on Thursday.
The Deltona, Florida man loaded the gun while resting it on his chest so his dog wouldn’t jump on it, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office.
Blevins told police he fell when his back gave out due to an old injury, struck his head on a table, and accidentally fired the weapon. Between the pain medication he takes for the injury and bumping his head, he was likely distracted from feeling the gunshot, the police report said.
He was treated at a local hospital on Saturday, where staff reported the incident to law enforcement.
