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5-Year-Old Girl Accidentally Shoots Herself In East Garfield Park

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A 5-year-old girl accidentally shot herself in the abdomen inside an East Garfield Park neighborhood home Tuesday night on the West Side, according to Chicago Police.

She got a hold of a handgun about 8 p.m. at the home in the 3700 block of West Ferdinand, police said.

The girl's family took her to Rush University Medical Center, and she was transferred to Stroger Hospital in serious condition, police said.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2017. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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