SHAWNEE COUNTY -A Kansas man was injured in an accident with a gun on Monday evening in Shawnee County.

Just before 6:30 p.m. first responders were dispatched to a residence in the 2900 Block of Highland Court in Topeka for report of a person suffering from a gunshot wound, according to a media release.

The man was transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

He told crime scene investigators he dropped the gun, which discharged and hit him in the leg.

Name of the victim was not released late Monday.