By Donna Beth Weilenman
Staff Reporter

A Benicia man was taken to an area hospital early Monday after police found him wounded by a gun he may have fired himself.

The man was listed in critical but stable condition at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek later that day, Lt. Bob Oettinger said.

Police were called to a West L Street apartment shortly after midnight Monday, where they “found a male with a gunshot wound to the head,” Oettinger said. “It appeared to be self-inflicted.”

The man was transported to the hospital by ambulance, Oettinger said.

Police found a .38-caliber revolver in the apartment, but there was no one else there at the time, Oettinger said.

Although the man appears to have shot himself, police are still investigating the incident, Oettinger said. “With anything like that, we take steps to make sure no crime has been committed,” he said.

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