LINCOLN, NE. (THECOUNT) — Lincoln Police said Peter Jacobsson suffered non-life threatening injuries after he dropped his gun, it went off, shooting him in the genitals.

According to LPD, police were called around 9 p.m. on Wednesday to an area hospital on a report of a gunshot wound, reports 1011Now.

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Police said they contacted Jacobsson who suffered a non-life threatening injury, and determined he was walking in the 3300 Block of Portia Street when he accidentally dropped his .22 caliber handgun.

The gun fired, according to LPD, and the bullet struck the man in the genitals.

The man, Peter Jacobsson, was cited for discharging a weapon in the city, and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.