A 14-year-old girl is hospitalized after being accidentally shot in the arm by a teenage boy who was playing with a gun in St. Louis. The incident occurred around 5 p.m. Tuesday in the 5800 block of Cabanne Avenue, with police stating that officers quickly applied a tourniquet before she was transported to the hospital, where she is reported to be in stable condition.
The 15-year-old boy involved in the shooting was not cooperating with investigators and has been taken into juvenile detention. This incident adds to a troubling statistic, as the St. Louis metro area has seen at least 41 children shot this year, with 19 fatalities, highlighting an ongoing concern about youth gun violence in the community.
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