'Heat' Director Michael Mann Accidentally Shot Himself at an L.A. Gun Range

His representative calls it a 'superficial injury' from a holstered weapon that went off, and says the 83-year-old is being released.

Michael Mann, the 83-year-old director of "Heat," shot himself in the leg by accident Saturday at a Los Angeles shooting range, police told TMZ. The site reported early Sunday that an ambulance took him to a hospital. The Los Angeles Police Department called it a training accident and told TMZ that Mann never meant to hurt himself.

By Sunday, his camp had a different way of putting it. "On Saturday, at a gun range, a weapon accidentally discharged while holstered resulting in a superficial injury to film director Michael Mann," his representative said in a statement to CBS News. The representative also told The Associated Press that Mann had been treated at a hospital and is being released.

Look at who does what in each version. In the police account TMZ relayed, Mann fires the shot. In his representative's statement, the weapon is the one that discharges, and Mann is the person it happens to.

Mann apparently isn't new to this. The AP described him as someone who's been shooting targets for decades, and it said the range where he was hurt is a sanctioned one. The man behind "Collateral" and "Thief" hasn't slowed down in his 80s, either: his latest film was "Ferrari," with Adam Driver.

Next up is a "Heat" sequel he's developing, and cameras are supposed to roll on it early next year, according to the AP. If "superficial" holds up, that's still the plan.

Source: abc7.com, retrieved November 1, 2026. Other sources: tmz.com, CBS News.