BELTRAMI COUNTY — A 42-year-old man has been hospitalized after sustaining an accidental self-inflicted gunshot to his leg on Monday night in Sugar Bush Township.

According to a release from Beltrami County Sheriff Jason Riggs, at 11:11 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 27, dispatch received a report that a man had accidentally shot himself in his leg.

The man was a passenger in a vehicle that stopped on Hales Road, north of Birchmont Beach Road, and he had exited the vehicle to unload the firearm when the gun discharged, the release noted.

The driver of the vehicle notified emergency services and began traveling toward Cass Lake Indian Health Service. Law enforcement and emergency medical services intercepted the vehicle on Mission Road SE and began providing medical care.

The male indicated the s

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