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Posted: Sunday, 05 July 2009 7:07PM
Elderly man accidently shoots wife, niece
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CHICAGO (STNG) -- A man in his 80s accidentally shot his elderly wife and niece Sunday afternoon in the South Side’s Hamilton Park community.
A out-of-town man in his 80s was playing with a gun in the 6600 block of South Harvard Avenue when the weapon accidentally discharged about 2:10 p.m., police said.
The bullet when through his wife’s leg and then struck his niece, police said.
The wife, in her 70s, and the niece, in her 50s, were both taken to Saint Bernard Hospital and Health Care Center in good condition, police said.
Wentworth Area detectives determined the shooting is accidental and no charges are expected.
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