Man critically wounded in Lakeview after gun accidently goes off: CPD

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CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - Police say charges are pending in what appears to have been an accidental shooting this morning in the Lakeview neighborhood.

A man and a woman were sitting in a car at about 3 a.m. at Pine Grove and Surf, according to police. She told them they were passing a gun between them.  And, it went off.

The man, 25-years-old, was shot in the head.

The woman, who’s 23, called 911.

A Fire Department ambulance took the man to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center.

He was initially listed in critical condition.

The woman was being questioned by detectives.

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