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A teenage girl was wounded overnight in an accidental shooting in the Oakland neighborhood on the South Side, Chicago police said.
Shortly before 3:15 a.m., officers responded to a call of a person shot in the 4100 block of South Ellis Avenue where they found a teenage girl between 15 to 17 years of age inside a building with a gunshot wound near the right eye, police said.
The girl was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital where she was listed in fair condition. A preliminary investigation revealed the girl was wounded when a gun accidentally discharged, police said.
A weapon was discovered at the scene. Detectives are investigating.




