× Police: Colorado Springs man shoots himself to ‘know what it felt like’ 
 
 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Police in Colorado Springs said a man told investigators he intentionally shot himself in the foot Wednesday night because “he wanted to know what it felt like to be shot.” 
 
 Police were called to St. Francis Hospital about 7 p.m. on reports of an injured man from an accidental gun discharge. 
 
 Adam Hirtle told police he was in his garage when he took off his boot and shot it. He then said he put the boot back on his foot and intentionally shot himself. 
 
 He did not suffer life-threatening injuries and there were no other injuries. 
 
 Hirtle was charged with prohibited use of weapons, reckless endangerment and child abuse. ||||| This is a file photo of Colorado Springs police responding to a crime scene. (Associated Press file) 
 
 A Colorado Springs man told investigators he shot himself in the foot Wednesday night because he wanted to know what it felt like, according to police. 
 
 Adam Hirtle, 30, is suspected of prohibited use of weapons, reckless endangerment and child abuse in the shooting. Sgt. James Sokolik, a police spokesman, said Hirtle was served a summons in the case and released. 
 
 Officers were called to St. Francis Hospital about 7 p.m. on reports of a man injured in an accidental gun discharge. Hirtle, however, told police the shooting was completely on purpose. 
 
 Hirtle told an officer he shot himself in his garage. 
 
 "Hirtle stated he took his boot off and shot it, then placed his boot back on his foot and then intentionally shot himself in the foot," police say. "He did not sustain life-threatening injury nor was anybody else injured." 
 
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– Being incredibly stupid is not a crime in Colorado—but reckless endangerment is, and a man named Adam Hirtle was charged with it after telling cops he shot himself in the foot to find out what it felt like. A police spokesman tells the Denver Post that when officers went to a hospital to investigate a report of an accidental gun discharge, the 30-year-old Colorado Springs resident told them the shooting was deliberate. He "stated he took his boot off and shot it, then placed his boot back on his foot and then intentionally shot himself in the foot," police say. "He did not sustain life-threatening injury nor was anybody else injured." He was also charged with a prohibited use of a weapon and, suggesting there may have been a minor present, child abuse, Fox31 reports.