Boy, 15, accidentally shoots self in leg on South Side
A 15-year-old was wounded Saturday when he accidentally shot himself in the leg on the Far South Side.
The boy was handling a gun about 5 p.m. in the 8700 block of South Creiger Avenue when it went off and a bullet struck his inner thigh, Chicago police said.
He was able to take himself to the University of Chicago Hospital, where his condition was stabilized, police said.