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Reports: Giants' Burress accidentally shoots himself in leg

Giants wide receiver

spent Friday night in the hospital after

» READ MORE: accidentally shooting himself in the leg

, Jay Glazer of

reports.

Ralph Vacchiano of the

reports that

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in a Manhattan nightclub.

John Clayton also reports that

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at a club.

All three outlets report that the wound is not life-threatening.

Burress had already been ruled out of this weekend's game against the Redskins with a hamstring injury. The Eagles play the Giants in Week 14.

Burress was suspended by the team for one game in October. In the offseason, the Giants signed him to a five-year, $35 million contract.

Burress is 31-years-old. He has 35 catches for 454 yards and four touchdowns on the season. He hasn't caught more than three balls in a game since Week 6. In Week 10 against the Eagles, Burress caught just one pass, but it was a 17-yard touchdown.

Sal Paolantonio

» READ MORE: reports that the incident took place

at the Latin Quarter nightclub in Manhattan. He also reports that the bullet went through the skin and muscle tissue of Burress' right thigh.

A source tells Yahoo's Jason Cole that

» READ MORE: Burress could miss

a couple weeks.

One of Burress' teammates tells

Mike Garafolo that

» READ MORE: Burress is "okay"

but he wouldn't offer any other details.

Vacchiano of the

says Giants linebacker

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. Vacchiano also says Burress could be in serious trouble if he was carrying the handgun illegally.