A man grabbed a police officer's gun near Massachusetts General Hospital Tuesday morning and shot himself in the foot with it, Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox said.The suspect was taken to a hospital with a gunshot wound that was not considered to be life-threatening.

A man attacked a Boston officer, grabbed his gun, and accidentally shot himself near Massachusetts General Hospital.

A man injured himself after firing a Boston Police Department officer’s gun outside of Massachusetts General Hospital – the largest teaching hospital for Harvard Medical School — on Tuesday morning.