Teen accidentally shoots self in head at Northeast Side home, SAPD says

SAN ANTONIO – A teenager accidentally shot himself in the head Sunday night at a Northeast Side home, according to the San Antonio Police Department.

Officers responded to the shooting just after 8 p.m. in the 6400 block of Indigo Forest, not far from O’Connor Road and Interstate 35.

A preliminary report from SAPD states the 16-year-old boy accidentally shot himself while manipulating a weapon.

He was taken to a hospital in critical condition, a sergeant on the scene told KSAT.

Police said there are no criminal elements to this shooting.

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