(WBBM NEWSRADIO) — A 2-and-a-half year old boy is nursing a gunshot wound to the hand, after he was hit by a bullet from a gun that had been accidentally discharged.
The shooting happened in west suburban Lyons Friday afternoon.
A village spokesperson said the toddler and a 16-year-old boy were in a room in a home on Center Avenue in Lyons, when the unsecured weapon discharged.
The toddler was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, where he was stabilized.
Police in Lyons are continuing to investigate.
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