WEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - A teenager had to be rushed to the hospital after he accidentally shot himself in the hand in West Miami-Dade, according to police.
Miami-Dade Police and Fire Rescue personnel responded to an apartment complex along the 8000 block of Northwest Eighth Street just after 9 p.m., Thursday.
A boy accidentally shot himself tonight in W. Miami-Dade and was just rushed to the hospital. He was hit in the hand. We’re live on scene. @wsvn #7News pic.twitter.com/P5rWOtWTkU
— Sheldon Fox-7 News (@fox_sheldon) May 7, 2021
According to police, the teen shot himself in the hand when he grabbed his father’s gun.
Paramedics loaded the boy into the back of a waiting ambulance before they transported him to a local hospital in unknown condition.
The boy’s exact age is not yet known but police confirmed he is a teenager.
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