Overview
- Officers responded around 10:15 p.m. to the 1800 block of Rosewood Avenue in the Tyler Park area.
- A 17-year-old with a leg wound was taken to University Hospital with injuries described as non-life-threatening.
- After initially saying the circumstances were unknown, LMPD later said the teen accidentally shot himself.
- The department’s Non-Fatal Shooting Unit is handling the investigation.
- The update was issued by LMPD spokesman Dwight Mitchell.