ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING: A 17-year-old Battle Creek teen was treated at Bronson Battle Creek for a gunshot wound to his leg, which Battle Creek police said was apparently an accidental self-inflicted injury. Officers were called to Bronson Battle at 10:34 p.m. Wednesday, where the teenager was being treated. He told officers he met a 21-year-old Springfield man near Rittenhouse and Meachem avenues and the other man pulled out a revolver to show him. The victim said he took the gun to look at it and when he thought he was pulling on the safety, the gun discharged, hitting him in the left calf. The other man fled with the gun and the victim went to the hospital. Police checked the area but didn't find any evidence of a shooting. Police did find a shell casing in the driveway of the victim's home on Harris Street.

SHOPLIFTERS: A man, 26 from Bedford Township and a woman, 38, from Litchfield were arrested after Battle Creek police said they stole items from two stores on Tuesday. Officers were first called at 2:41 p.m. to Family Farm and Home at 1675 W. Michigan Ave. Security officers said a woman and man were in the store. The woman went into a changing room with six clothing items but when she came out had nothing in her hands. The items were not inside the changing room and the security officer said she was wearing all the clothes valued at $300. She and the man fled when he attempted to stop them. At 3:59 p.m. police were called to Family Fare at 1525 W. Michigan Ave. after security officers there caught a man attempting to steal $12 worth of groceries. The man said he would pay double for the items if he was let go. Police said the couple were the same people at the earlier larceny. He was arrested on a charge of retail fraud at Family Fare and she was arrested on a charge of retail fraud for the theft of the clothes from Family Farm and Home.

EMBEZZLEMENT: Battle Creek police are seeking a warrant for a 40-year-old Bedford Township man after a resident of the Living Water by the Brook, Adult Foster Care Home at 130 Iden Lane in Bedford Township, said he had $3,000 taken from him. The victim, 57, who has trouble communicating, went with the suspect to run errands. The victim said they went to the bank where the money was withdrawn from the victim's account. The suspect then stopped at his own home and took the money inside and when he returned to the vehicle he didn't have it. The owner of the home told police the employee, her son, is no longer working at the facility. The suspect told police he assisted filling out the withdrawal slip but then returned to the AFC home and didn't know what might have happened to the money.

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