Man shoots self during quick-draw practice

CAPE CORAL, Fla., Jan. 19 (UPI) -- A Florida man with a bullet wound in his leg told sheriff's deputies he accidentally shot himself while practicing his quick-draw.

Lazaro Flores, 50, of Cape Coral, told Lee County sheriff's deputies he was practicing with his .32 caliber 1871 revolver in his girlfriend's backyard in Alva Sunday when he accidentally pulled the trigger while holstering the gun, the Fort Myers (Fla.) News-Press reported Tuesday.

Flores was treated for a bullet wound to his lower right leg at Gulf Coast Hospital.