SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Police in Sioux Falls are investigating whether the shooting of a 17-year-old girl was an accident or intentional.
The girl was shot in the head by an 18-year-old man handling a gun at a residence Tuesday, according to police spokesman Sam Clemens.
“He was handling the gun when it went off is what we know,” Clemens said.
Clemens says the girl is hospitalized in critical condition. The man is in custody on possible charges of aggravated assault and reckless discharge of a weapon.
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