Senita man wounds self with .45

A self-inflected gunshot wound was just one of three notable incidents from Wednesday’s police blotter.

A man in the Senita subdivision accidentally shot himself yesterday around 10 p.m. The 25-year-old was cleaning a 45-caliber pistol in his garage when the weapon discharged, hitting him in the arm.

Maricopa police Sgt. Stephen Judd classified the injury as non-life threatening.

“The victim was very lucky. This could have been a much worse accident,” Judd said. “This is a reminder to treat every gun like it is loaded.”

In other blotter news, two sisters, ages 11 and 12, reported seeing a naked man near their bus stop in the Rancho Mirage subdivision Wednesday morning.

The girls told police they saw the naked man while walking to the bus stop, but that the man fled when he saw them.

The suspect was described to police as a heavyset, 30- to 40-year-old white male with a mustache.
 
“It is hard to grasp what occurred here,” Judd said. “The suspect did not try to make any action against the girls and ran when he saw them.”

Police are still gathering information on the report, but since the girls only saw the subject’s back side, Judd said there was no chargeable crime committed.

Finally, an accident in which a city employee hit a fire truck and left the scene was ruled to not be a hit and run.

The accident occurred around 9:37 a.m. yesterday in the vicinity of the city fire station near the intersection of Garvey Road and John Wayne Parkway.

It is reported that the city employee hit a fire truck with a city vehicle and then left the scene.

There was no damage done to the fire truck and minor damage to the city vehicle.

A fire department employee who witnessed the accident called police to report the apparent hit and run. However, after police interviewed the city employee it was determined the accident was not a hit and run.

“A hit and run is defined by some one intentionally leaving the scene of an accident. It was determined the city employee in this case was not trying to flee responsibility,” Judd said.

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