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A boy accidentally shot himself late on Tuesday in south Fort Worth, according to police.
The child shot himself about 10:45 p.m. in the 3600 block of North Crowley Cleburne Road, according to Officer Cynthia Wood, a Fort Worth police spokesperson. A 911 caller reported that the shooting occurred at a house.
The boy, whose age police did not release, was taken to a hospital with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.
The police investigation of the self-inflicted shooting is incomplete.
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Emerson Clarridge covers crime and other breaking news for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He works days and reports on law enforcement affairs in Tarrant County. He previously was a reporter at the Omaha World-Herald and the Observer-Dispatch in Utica, New York.