SAN ANTONIO — A man was hospitalized after police say he accidentally shot himself during a party early Saturday.

The shooting happened around 2 a.m. in the 200 block of Brady Boulevard near Frio City Road.

According to San Antonio police, a 44-year-old man was having a party when an altercation broke out between multiple people. The man went to grab a weapon and the gun went off, striking him in the lower extremities, police said.

He was transported to a local hospital for treatment.