Man Shoots Himself With Gun He Stole In Gainesville: Police

GAINESVILLE, VA—A man accidentally shot himself in the leg early Saturday after stealing a handgun from an unlocked vehicle in the area of Paper Birch Lane and Crimson Crossing Way, according to Prince William County Police. Rory Phillip Bryan, 25, of the 8300 block of Tenbrook Drive in Gainesville, was charged with reckless handling of a firearm, grand larceny, petit larceny, trespass into vehicles and providing false information to a law enforcement officer.

Around 2 a.m., police went to the aforementioned area for a reported shooting. A caller said an unknown man was in the street yelling that he'd been shot. Upon arrival, police found that he had a gunshot wound to the leg. He refused to cooperate with officers and was taken to a nearby hospital.

After an investigation, police found that Bryan had been rummaging through unlocked vehicles in the area when he found a handgun. At some point, police say, he shot himself in the leg. Bryan was arrested after being released from the hospital, and the gun was found in a storm drain in the above area.

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