Director Michael Mann was taken to hospital on Saturday after accidentally shooting himself in the leg at a Los Angeles gun range, TMZ reported.
According to a source who spoke to TMZ, the 83-year-old filmmaker was trying to holster his weapon at The Range LA at around 4 p.m. local time when the firearm went off. Paramedics took him to a local hospital by ambulance.
The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed the incident to TMZ. Police said officers and Los Angeles Fire Department crews responded to reports of a shooting at the range, and described the injury as a training accident. Police said Mann had no intention of harming himself.
Mann is best known for directing Heat, Collateral and Miami Vice. He is currently in pre-production on Heat 2, the follow-up to his 1995 crime drama. His condition had not been publicly confirmed at the time of reporting.
Source: TMZ
