Gun goes off, bullet goes through Lyndhurst man’s arm

EXCLUSIVE: A Lyndhurst man was cleaning his legally registered handgun last night when it went off, sending a bullet through both his arm and the couch he was sitting on before smashing a glass display case and lodging in a basement wall.

Photo Credit: *Cliffview Pilot File Photo*

Jerry DeMarco

01/15/2014 3:17 p.m.

The 27-year-old man was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, Police Chief James O’Connor told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.

“He’s fortunate it wasn’t worse than it is,” O’Connor said.

The Chase Avenue man apparently had removed the magazine and forgotten that a bullet remained in the chamber as he was cleaning the Glock 23 just before midnight last night, the chief said.

The .40-caliber bullet went through is right biceps, he said.

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