(WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- An 11-year-old boy from East Chicago, Indiana has been hospitalized after being shot by another child Monday afternoon.
When police arrived at the home on Butternut Street at around 1:30 p.m., they found the 11-year-old with a single gunshot wound to the stomach. With him was the 14-year-old responsible, police said.
The victim was conscious when paramedics took him to a hospital in the Chicago area in serious but stable condition.
Police say it appears the shooting was an accident. The teen was evaluated at a hospital before officers took him to the police department.
Further details -- including where the gun came from – were not available.
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