A man shot himself in the leg while driving and crashed his vehicle into a strip mall near Virginia Avenue and Federal Boulevard in Denver overnight, according to police and firefighters. Related Articles Crashes and Disasters | Teen who killed woman with AR-15 after fender-bender on Denver’s Colfax Avenue sentenced to life with parole Crashes and Disasters | Cherry Creek school bus struck by hit-and-run driver on I-70 in Denver Crashes and Disasters | Northbound I-25 reopens in Douglas County after snowy semitrailer crash Crashes and Disasters | Denver scooter rider seriously injured in crash with RTD train Crashes and Disasters | A plane was bombed after takeoff in Denver nearly 70 years ago. Now the victims are finally getting a memorial. Denver’s Fire Department wrote in a social media post shortly after midnight Friday that firefighters were responding to a “collapse” and broken gas line in the area. Xcel Energy had shut down the gas line by 12:19 a.m. Fire spokesperson Luis Cedillo wrote in an email that the driver was transported to a hospital with a self-inflicted gunshot wound and was being treated for his injuries Friday morning. He also said the crash damaged one of the exterior walls of the building, which Doug Schepman of the Denver Police Department said is located in the 400 block of Federal Boulevard.