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EMBED >More News Videos Watch video from Chopper 6 over Crozer-Chester Medical Center after a teenage boy was shot on December 21, 2017.

CHESTER, Pa. (WPVI) -- Police are investigating what they say appears to be an accidental shooting in Chester, Delaware County.It happened at 8:50 a.m. Thursday on the 2100 block of West 9th Street.Officers responded to the scene and found a 16-year-old boy who had been shot in the chest.Authorities say early indications are that the shooting was accidental.A city official told Action News a group of teens were in the backyard of a home, and they were either displaying or playing with a weapon when it went off.Detectives were interviewing witnesses in an effort to determine exactly what led to the shooting.The injured teen was rushed him to Crozer-Chester Medical Center where we are told he is alert and talking.------