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11-year-old girl wounded in accidental shooting in Morgan Park

CHICAGO (CBS) – An 11-year-old girl is wounded in an accidental shooting in Morgan Park Friday evening.

Around 11:06 p.m., the girl was transported by the fire department to Comers Children's Hospital in fair condition with a gunshot wound to the neck.

The incident was accidental and a weapon was recovered inside the apartment, 900 block of West 115th Street, where the shooting occurred, according to police.

This is the second accidental shooting to happen to a child this week. 

Area Two detectives are investigating.

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