Boy Shot Inside Philadelphia Residence Wednesday

PHILADELPHIA — A teenage boy is recovering after being shot early Wednesday evening inside a "rooming house" in Philadelphia, according to reports.

The shooting happened at about 5:43 p.m. at a home on the 1500 block of West Lehigh Avenue, NBC10 reports.

Police were called to the property for a report of a shooting and took the boy, 14, to Temple University Hospital, where he is in stable condition.

Authorities said the boy was shot in the back. The bullet passed through his body and out of his abdomen, causing profuse bleeding, police said.

Investigators said they believe the shooting happened in a rear room of the home due to a blood trail leading there to the exterior.

Three or four other juveniles were in the home at the time of the shooting, and the victim did not live at the property, according to Fox 29.

One of the juveniles was handling a gun when it went off, striking the boy and leading police to believe the shooting may have been accidental, police said.

Police said most of the juveniles left the property after the shooting, but one stayed.

It's unclear why the juveniles had the gun.