ROCKFORD — A 16-year-old was arrested Tuesday night after accidentally being shot on the city’s southwest side, police said.

Officers were sent at 5 p.m. to an undisclosed hospital after the teen came in suffering from a single gunshot wound. The teen’s injury wasn’t life threatening, according to police, but it was self-inflicted.

Police didn’t provide the teen’s gender and town of residence. Details about how the teen came to be shot weren’t released.

The teen later was charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and booked into the Juvenile Detention Center, 5350 Northrock Drive, Rockford.

Police are asking anyone with information to contact officers or Rockford Area Crime Stoppers at 815-963-7867.

Kristen Zambo: 815-987-1339; kzambo@rrstar.com; @KristenZambo