Jose Canseco shot his finger off while cleaning his gun
Jose Canseco underwent surgery after accidentally shooting his finger off while cleaning his gun on Tuesday.
13 Action News in Las Vegas says police were called to Canseco’s home Tuesday afternoon after being told the former AL MVP shot himself in the hand.
Canseco’s fiancee, Leila Knight, told TMZ that Canseco was cleaning his gun on a table and did not realize it was loaded. He accidentally shot the middle finger off his left hand.
Canseco was transported to University Medical Center in Las Vegas to be treated.
Knight later tweeted that they were doing well. She hopes they will not have to amputate.
Thank you to the ten million people calling and texting me . @JoseCanseco will be ok … Just praying he won't have his do her amputated
— Leila Knight (@ModelLeila) October 29, 2014
finally safe and sound with my love bug @JoseCanseco . So glad he's ok and soooo glad I was there when it happened thank god
— Leila Knight (@ModelLeila) October 29, 2014