Overview
- Officers responded around 10:15 p.m. Wednesday to the 1800 block of Rosewood Avenue in the Tyler Park neighborhood.
- A 17-year-old was found with a gunshot wound to the leg and was transported to University Hospital.
- LMPD initially reported the cause as unknown before updating the case to an accidental, self-inflicted shooting.
- The department’s Non-Fatal Shooting Unit is leading the investigation, according to spokesman Dwight Mitchell.
- No arrests or suspect information have been announced as the inquiry remains ongoing.