Jose Canseco is recovering after shooting himself in the hand at his Las Vegas home.

Lt. Mark Reddon says officers responded to a call of an accidental shooting shortly after 2:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Canseco told police he was cleaning his gun in the kitchen when it fired, shooting a finger on his left hand.

The former slugger's fiancee, Leila Knight, tweeted from his account late Tuesday night, saying he was still in surgery and would be OK.