A Colorado Springs man who shot himself in the foot on Wednesday night did it because he “wanted to know what it felt like to be shot,” police say.

Adam Hirtle was ticketed on suspicion of prohibited use of weapons, reckless endangerment and child abuse after police talked to him at St. Francis Hospital.

He did not have to find out what it is like to go to jail.

Hirtle told police he took off his boot, shot it, put it back on and then shot himself in the foot in his garage. He did not sustain life-threatening injury and no one else was injured during the incident.

Police were unsure if Hirtle was still in the hospital around 9:45 p.m., nearly three hours after the shooting.