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Boy shot in leg on Youngstown's south side
The child was later transported to Mercy Health to receive treatment for non-life threatening injuries, reports said.
Friday, February 4th 2022, 10:08 PM EST
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - Youngstown Police are investigating a shooting on Parkview Avenue in the city's Idora neighborhood on Friday night.
Officers reported finding a juvenile boy with a gunshot to his leg once they arrived at the scene around 9:15 p.m. Police said they immediately began treating the boy and applied a tourniquet to the his wounds.
That child was later transported to Mercy Health to receive treatment for non-life threatening injuries, reports said.
Authorities released a statement saying that both the YPD Detective Bureau and Crime Scene units responded Idora and will investigate the incident as an accidental shooting.
Police provided no further updates at this time.
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