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16-year-old shot in the hand in Pittsburgh

KDKA-TV Evening Forecast (7/11)
KDKA-TV Evening Forecast (7/11) 00:15

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A 16-year-old boy was shot in the hand in Pittsburgh's Elliott neighborhood.

Pittsburgh Public Safety said police were called Monday to a home on Lorenz Avenue around 5:30 p.m. for reports of a juvenile shot. 

At the scene, police found a 16-year-old boy shot in the hand. Police said he originally told officers he was leaning outside of a third-floor window when he was shot, but detectives determined the gunshot wound was "accidental/self-inflicted." 

The victim was taken to a local hospital in stable condition. He was conscious and alert, Pittsburgh Public Safety said.  

Police are investigating. 

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