Mississippi police: Teen dies after being accidentally shot in ‘lower extremities’

Published 4:07 pm Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Mississippi police say a teen has died after being accidentally shot.

WLBT News reports that Jackson police say that a 15-year-old boy was killed in a shooting that happened on Tougaloo Street.

According to the police teen was shot once in the “lower extremities” and died at the scene.

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Police say they have recovered the gun involved in the shooting which they are labeling as an accidental shooting.