- The 14-year-old boy was shot outside his Cleveland home on Tuesday
- He had taken the trash out with his brother when he saw his sibling had a gun
- Boy asked to look at it but as he was handing it back to his brother it fired
- The bullet struck him in the left hand and through his calf
A 14-year-old boy was shot outside his Cleveland home taking out the trash when he and his brother were handling a gun they had found.
Police were called to the University Hospital on Tuesday after they were alerted to a young shooting victim.
The boy told police he had taken out the garbage with his brother when he saw that his sibling had a gun.
Cleveland Police say a 14-year-old boy was shot outside his home while taking out the trash with his brother on Tuesday
He asked to look at it but as he was handing it back to his brother it fired.
The bullet struck him in the left hand and through his calf.
He told police he heard the gunshots and felt tingling in his hand before he realized he was injured.
When he fell to the ground, his brother ran inside to get their mother.
Police were called to the University Hospital on Tuesday after they were alerted to a young shooting victim
The victim’s brother threw the gun and shell casing in the trash before his uncle removed it and placed it in the truck of his car.
The brother told police he took the gun from a car in nearby Cleveland Heights.
Police say the shooting was accidental and neither boy has been arrested.