Stray bullet hits CA boy while he was skateboarding

An 11-year-old boy on a skateboard was wounded when a man who was cleaning his rifle accidentally fired a shot and hit the boy, San Diego police said. The boy was shot in the hand while skateboarding with friends near the pool at an apartment complex Saturday, police Lt. Dan Sullivan said. The boy was airlifted to a hospital and is expected to recover. Officers searched until they found a man who admitted discharging the round. He told them he was cleaning his .223-caliber rifle and a round went off accidentally. The Los Angeles Times reported police detained the gun owner for questioning. Sullivan said detectives will decide whether or not to arrest the man after questioning. The newspaper reported there was a bullet hole through a side wall of a first-floor apartment facing the pool.

An 11-year-old boy on a skateboard was wounded when a man who was cleaning his rifle accidentally fired a shot and hit the boy, San Diego police said.

The boy was shot in the hand while skateboarding with friends near the pool at an apartment complex Saturday, police Lt. Dan Sullivan said.




The boy was airlifted to a hospital and is expected to recover.

Officers searched until they found a man who admitted discharging the round. He told them he was cleaning his .223-caliber rifle and a round went off accidentally.

The Los Angeles Times reported police detained the gun owner for questioning. Sullivan said detectives will decide whether or not to arrest the man after questioning.

The newspaper reported there was a bullet hole through a side wall of a first-floor apartment facing the pool.