BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A teen has died from injuries he suffered after being shot in the head while handling a gun with another teen in a Bridgeport home over the weekend.
Police were called to a home on the 300 block of Pacific St. around 1:30 p.m. Saturday for a report of a person "shot in the face."
Police found a 16-year-old boy in the home with a gunshot wound to his head. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he died from injuries on Monday.
Preliminary investigations reveal that the boy and a 15-year-old girl were both handling a firearm in the home when it fired at him, police said. It is not clear who was holding the firearm when it went off.
"This was a tragic and isolated incident," Bridgeport police said in a statement. "The Bridgeport Police Department’s thoughts and prayers go out to both families who were impacted by this tragic event."
Anyone with information on this incident is asked to call Officer Detective Holtz at 203-581-5239.
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