A man who shot himself in the leg Sunday south of Allenspark negligently discharged the firearm, the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office has determined.

According to a release, about 2 p.m. Sunday, dispatchers received a 911 text that a man had shot himself in the 300 block of Bunce School Road. Deputies learned that the 44-year-old Westminster man had shot himself in the upper thigh while camping with family.

After the shooting, family members used a belt as a makeshift tourniquet to stop the heavy bleeding and drove him from the campsite to Colorado 7 southwest of Lyons, where they met first responders. The man was then taken to a hospital, where he is in stable condition.

According to the release, deputies later determined alcohol was a factor in the negligent discharge and the man was issued a summons.

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