FREMONT (BCN) -- A 20-year-old man cut off his penis using an X-Acto knife and was  rushed to the hospital early Wednesday morning, a police detective said.

Officers responded to a home in the 4300 block of Mowry Avenue at  about 2 a.m. after the man's brother contacted police about the  self-inflicted wound, Detective Bill Veteran said.

Police do not believe the man was under the influence of drugs or  alcohol.

The man was taken, along with his recovered severed organ, to a  hospital so that doctors could attempt to reattach it and so that the man  could be psychologically evaluated, Veteran said.

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