LORAIN, Ohio — A 13-year-old girl is in a Cleveland hospital after authorities say she was shot in the abdomen on Wednesday.
When officers responded to the scene at E. 32nd Street and Denver Avenue in Lorain, authorities say it was discovered that a 17-year-old boy had “inadvertently shot the girl.” Police say he was allegedly “attempting to shoot someone else.”
He was arrested and taken to a juvenile detention facility. The gun used in the shooting was found concealed in a nearby house, police said.
Police would not elaborate on the girl’s condition.
No additional details were immediately available.
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