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Gun accidentally fires in woman's purse, hits person in the leg at Orlando mall

Gun accidentally fires in woman's purse, hits person in the leg at Orlando mall
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Authorities say a weapon that accidentally discharged outside a Florida mall has injured one person.

The Orlando Sentinel reports the shooting happened outside the Mall at Millenia on Saturday. Orlando police Lt. Robert Terrell says a handgun in a woman’s purse accidentally fired a bullet through her bag and hit the victim in the lower leg.

Terrell says the victim was taken to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.

Further details have not been released.