ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. (WGNO) — St. Tammany Parish deputies are investigating after a teenager was “accidentally shot” inside a Goodbee-area home on Tuesday, July 16.
The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office reported deputies responded to a home in the 100 block of Eagle Landing Drive around 7:54 p.m., where a 15-year-old girl had reportedly been shot while sitting in the living room.
She was airlifted to a hospital for treatment.
According to the STPSO, a man inside the home told investigators he was handling a gun in another room “when the gun accidentally fired and the bullet travelled through a wall and struck the girl.”
STPSO officials said the investigation is ongoing.
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