Ouch! Nebraska man, 32, accidentally shoots himself in the GENITALS

Ouch! Nebraska man, 32, accidentally shoots himself in the GENITALS after he drops his gun in the middle of the street and it fires into his crotch

  • Peter Jacobsson, 32, was walking in downtown Lincoln on Wednesday night, when a gun fell out of his pocket
  • When it hit the ground, it discharged and the bullet fired directly into his crotch
  • He was taken to hospital with non life-threatening injuries,  and police cited him on two charges
  • It’s the third reported incident of a man accidentally shooting himself in the crotch in the past six months 

A Nebraska man has been rushed to the hospital after accidentally shooting himself in the genitals.  

Peter Jacobsson, 32, was reportedly walking in downtown Lincoln on Wednesday evening, when his .22 -caliber gun dropped out of his pocket and hit the ground. 

It allegedly discharged when falling on the concrete, with a bullet discharging directly into his crotch. 

He was rushed to nearby Bryan West Hospital with non life-threatening injuries. 

As if Jacobsson wasn’t in enough pain, on Thursday police cited the injured man on two charges. 

He was charged with discharging a weapon in the city, and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.

Peter Jacobsson (pictured) was reportedly walking in Lincoln, Nebraska on Wednesday evening, when his .22 -caliber gun dropped out of his pocket and fired into his genitals

Jacobsson was rushed to Bryan West Hospital (pictured) with non life-threatening injuries

Jacobsson was rushed to Bryan West Hospital (pictured) with non life-threatening injuries 

Its not the first time a man has accidentally shot himself in the groin – with the   

In February, a 46-year-old man from Indiana accidentally fired a handgun into his genitals, according to RTV6. 

The man had his weapon stored in the waistband of his jeans without a gun holder. According to police, he began to feel the firearm slip, and he went to readjust before he accidentally discharged it. 

Meanwhile, an Arizona man shot himself in the crotch while perusing the meat section at Walmart in Phoenix. 

He had his semiautomatic gun kept in the waistband of his sweatpants when he, too, tried to readjust the slipping weapon and accidentally shot it into his genitals. 

The man was taken to hospital and no one else was injured.

The incident in Nebraska occurred in the middle of a downtown Lincoln street

The incident in Nebraska occurred in the middle of a downtown Lincoln street 

 

 

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