Director Michael Mann accidentally shoots himself in the leg at gun range

Mann taken to hospital with superficial injury after weapon accidentally discharged while holstered

Hollywood director Michael Mann has been taken to the hospital following an apparently accidental shooting at a Los Angeles gun range, according to the Associated Press.

Mann, 83, reportedly shot himself in the leg while at the The Range LA. The news was first reported on celebrity website TMZ. He sustained what his representative described as a superficial injury after a weapon accidentally discharged while holstered.