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BPD: 15-year-old admits to shooting himself with a gun early Monday morning

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Posted at 12:10 PM, May 17, 2021
and last updated 2021-05-17 12:10:33-04

BALTIMORE — Detectives say a 15-year-old admitted to shooting himself with a gun early Monday morning in West Baltimore.

Officers were called to the intersection of Winchester & North Wheeler Avenue to investigate a reported shooting at around 7:40 a.m.

They arrived to the location and to find the 15-year-old male victim suffering from a gunshot wound to the right thigh.

He was taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.