APD officer hospitalized after accidental shooting at Atlanta Public Safety Annex

An Atlanta police officer is recovering in the hospital after officials say he was shot during an incident overnight.

The Atlanta Police Department has confirmed that an officer accidentally shot himself in the leg at the Atlanta Public Safety Annex Building on Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway.

FOX 5 cameras caught several police cars escorting the officer's ambulance to Grady Memorial Hospital.

Officials say the man is expected to survive his injuries.

According to officials, the sergeant was submitting a recovered firearm into evidence when it went off, hitting him.

The police department has not released the officer's name.