Brittany Horn

The News Journal

Wilmington police say a 17-year-old boy accidentally shot himself in the thigh early Thursday afternoon along South Van Buren Street.

Officers were called shortly before 12:40 p.m. to the 700 block of S. Van Buren St. for reports of a shooting, according to police scanner reports.

Police on the scene located the teen with a gunshot wound, and he was subsequently loaded into an ambulance and transported to an area hospital.

Officers remained on the scene early Thursday afternoon investigating the shooting.

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