Father accidentally shoots himself at his 16-year-old daughter's party in northeast Houston

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Saturday, February 16, 2019
Father shoots himself in the stomach while at daughter's birthday party
Deputies say the father was spinning the gun with his hand, when it accidentally went off.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A father has been hospitalized after accidentally shooting himself in the stomach at his daughter's 16th birthday party.

Authorities say the party was at the family's home on Wintergreen and Crestline in northeast Harris County.

Deputies say the man was spinning the gun with his hand when it accidentally went off.

He was rushed to the hospital and his condition is currently unknown.