Visalia man who accidentally shot himself will live

A Visalia man who acci­den­tally shot him­self in the chest will sur­vive, Visalia Police say. The 22-year-old was work­ing on a .22 cal­iber rifle and although parts had been removed, the bar­rel, trig­ger mech­a­nism and bolt were still intact at the time, police spokes­woman Sgt. Amy Watkins. His name was not released. Although the man shot him­self squarely in the chest and required surgery at Kaweah Delta Med­ical Cen­ter, his life was not in dan­ger, Watkins said. The inci­dent, which occurred in the 800 block of South Locust Street just before 7 a.m. Wednes­day, is being described as an acci­den­tal self-inflicted gun­shot wound, she added.