OCEANSIDE, Calif. (AP) - Authorities in San Diego County are investigating after a man who was cleaning his rifle accidentally fired a round that wounded a boy on a skateboard in Oceanside.
Police Lt. Dan Sullivan says the boy was struck in the hand while skateboarding with friends near the pool at an apartment complex Saturday.
The boy was airlifted to a hospital and is expected to recover.
Officers searched until they found a man who admitted discharging the round. He told them he was cleaning his .223-caliber rifle and a round went off accidentally.
The Los Angeles Times reports (https://lat.ms/2i3USIz ) police detained the gun owner for questioning. Sullivan says detectives would question the man and decide whether to make an arrest.
The newspaper says there was a bullet hole through a side wall of a first-floor apartment facing the pool.
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Information from: Los Angeles Times, https://www.latimes.com/
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