The St. Elizabeth Police have launched a probe into an incident, where a security guard, who is employed to Beryllium, allegedly accidentally shot himself in the leg in Santa Cruz, St. Elizabeth yesterday (July 29).

Reports are that around 5:00 p.m., the guard was among a team of three servicing Automated Banking Machines (ATMs) on Coke Drive, when he accidentally discharged his weapon, wounding himself.

The injured guard was taken to hospital for treatment.