Crime & Safety

12-Year-Old Boy Shot When Family Member's Gun Goes Off In Pocket At South Side Gas Station

Surveillance footage captured the accidental shooting near 87th Street and Dorchester Avenue.

CHICAGO (CBS) — A 12-year-old boy was accidentally shot by a family member at a South Side gas station.

Police said around midnight, the boy was at the gas station near 87th Street and Dorchester Avenue when a gun went off in the man's pocket.

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