LOS ANGELES - ABC News reported that Michael Mann, the director of the film Heat, sustained a "superficial injury" at a gun range. The ABC News report said that, according to Mann's representative, a weapon accidentally discharged while holstered.

CBS News reported that filmmaker Michael Mann was injured at a gun range in Los Angeles, his representative said. Its CBS News account uses the same phrase in its headline, but its summary does not say how the injury happened.

The two summaries agree that Mann was injured at a gun range and that his representative was the source of the account. They differ in detail. Only the ABC News summary says a weapon discharged while holstered, and only the CBS News summary places the injury in Los Angeles.

Neither summary gives the time of the incident. Neither says whether Mann has spoken about it personally. Neither describes any independent confirmation of the account, and neither offers a further account from a witness at the range. Each report, as summarized here, rests on the statements of a single source, Mann's representative.

Because the available summaries are brief, the exact circumstances of the injury remain unclear from these reports. The weapon involved, the nature of the injury beyond the description used in the headlines, and the sequence of events at the range are not described in the summaries reviewed for this story.

Sources: ABC News: ‘Heat’ director Michael Mann sustains ‘superficial injury’ at gun range; CBS News: Filmmaker Michael Mann suffers "superficial injury" at gun range.