Police say teen wounded in shooting at central Las Vegas residence
A teenager originally believed to have been shot at a community center Sunday night now says he was wounded in a shooting at a house about a mile away from there.
Police were called at 2:20 a.m. Monday. Metropolitan Police Department Lt. David Gordon said the teenager’s parents took him to a hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg.
Gordon said the boy is now telling police the shooting occurred at a residence in the 200 block of Frederick Avenue sometime Sunday night.
The teen initially said he was shot at the Doolittle Community Center, near West Lake Mead Boulevard and H Street. On Feb 19, Tiris Coleman Jr., 17, was shot and killed in a parking lot near West Las Vegas Library, 951 W. Lake Mead Blvd., which sits adjacent to the community center.
Gordon said the boy’s injury “does not appear life-threatening.”
The teenager told police it was an accidental shooting.
No further information was available.
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