16-year-old boy wounded in Near South Side accidental shooting, police say

The boy was shot in the stomach and hospitalized in serious condition, police said.

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A 16-year-old boy was shot in the abdomen and grazed on the arm in an accidental shooting Monday afternoon, Chicago police said.

A person was playing with a handgun when the gun accidentally went off and struck the boy around 3 p.m. in the 100 block of West Cullerton Street, police said. He was taken to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County in serious condition.

Detectives are investigating.

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