An officer suffered a serious
leg injury Monday morning after he accidentally shot himself while off-duty,
according to a Knoxville Police Department release.
The department said officer
Bill McMaham was taking his personal, off-duty weapon out of his police cruiser
when the gun went off shortly after 6 a.m. Monday. The .40-caliber round shot
into his thigh.
A second off-duty officer gave
McMaham first aid until crews could take him to the University of Tennessee
Medical Center. He was listed in stable condition Monday afternoon.
Both officers said when the
incident happened, they were getting ready to leave McMaham's home off
Papermill Drive for their second jobs at a construction site.
Officials said they're still
investigating what happened.