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Officers responded to the store located at 2919 Lehigh Street after receiving a report of a shot fired inside the building on Wednesday, Oct. 16, the Allentown Police Department said.
When the officers arrived on scene they learned that the man had accidentally shot himself, according to police.
The man was taken to a local hospital by Allentown EMS with non-life-threatening injuries. He is expected to survive, police said.
This was an isolated incident and there is no threat to the public, according to police.
Police ask anyone with more information on this incident to call Allentown Detectives at 610-437-7721 or the police desk at 610-437-7753, extension one.
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