A 12-year-old boy was accidentally wounded by a family member handling a weapon early Friday morning at South Side gas station, Chicago police said.
A 12-year-old boy was accidentally shot by a family member handling a weapon early Friday morning at a gas station in the Calumet Heights neighborhood, Chicago police said.
Around midnight, the boy was at a gas station in the 1400 block of East 87th Street where a family member was trying to remove a gun from his pants pocket and the weapon discharged, police said.The boy suffered a graze wound to the left hand, and was taken in good condition to Comer Children’s Hospital.
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