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Man Trips, Shoots Self In Knee In Lincoln Square

CHICAGO (STMW) -- A man took himself to a hospital after accidentally shooting himself in the knee in the Lincoln Square neighborhood on the North Side early Friday.

The 65-year-old tripped while he was in the 4500 block of North Winchester Avenue about 4:40 a.m. and a gun he was carrying "accidentally discharged," police said.

He took himself to Northwestern Memorial Hospital with a gunshot wound to his left knee, police said. His condition was not immediately known.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2016. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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