A Franklin man was injured when a gun fell and shot him in the hand and fired a second round through his home.
Just before noon Thursday, the man told police he was walking into his bedroom in the 1100 block of Hospital Road to turn on a television when the gun fell and discharged, according to a report from the Franklin Police Department.
A bullet hit the man’s finger, went through a bedroom wall and exited into the living room, according to the report. He was treated at a local hospital.
Police discovered a second bullet that was fired that traveled through the bedroom wall, went through a hallway and lodged into a front porch railing, the report said.
The incident was ruled accidental, according to the report.
