Jose Canseco accidentally shoots himself in the hand, police say By Steve Almasy, CNN updated 6:43 AM EDT, Wed October 29, 2014 Canseco accidentally shoots self in hand (CNN) -- Former baseball slugger Jose Canseco accidentally shot himself in his left finger while cleaning a gun, police said. He was in surgery Tuesday night, his fiancee tweeted. "This is Leila . Thank you all for the kind words and prayers . Jose is in still surgery and will be ok. Please pray for his finger !!," she said in a tweet posted to his account.