SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A felon has been charged in a late-May Tenderloin shooting where he accidentally shot himself while firing from his car at a suspected gang member, prosecutors announced on Friday.

At a Thursday arraignment hearing, Jonathan Contreras, 33, pleaded not guilty and denied all allegations involving the May 24 incident on the 500 block of Ellis St., said San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins' Office.

"Allegedly, he was in a vehicle and asked the victim, who had just exited from a business on the block, if he was a member of a gang," said the DA's office in a news release. "Mr. Contreras allegedly then pulled out a firearm, accidentally shot himself in the leg and then shot the victim causing great bodily injury."

He was charged with several crimes, including

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