Crime & Safety
Senior Citizen Trips, Accidentally Shoots Self in Lincoln Square
A gun the 65-year old was carrying "accidentally discharged" early Friday morning.
CHICAGO, IL - A senior citizen accidentally shot himself in the knee after tripping early Friday morning in Lincoln Square.
The man - a 65-year-old - transported himself to Northwestern Memorial Hospital shortly after the incident occurred at 4:40 a.m., according to CBS Chicago. He was reported to have been walking in the 4500 block of N. Winchester Ave. when a gun he was carrying accidentally discharged.
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