Boy Shot Following Accidental Firearm Discharge

police-investigationThe Plymouth Police Department is investigating after a 14-year-old boy was shot in the stomach.

Officers were dispatched to the 100 block of S. Center Street in the early hours of Sunday morning in response. The shooting victim was transported to Memorial Hospital in South Bend for treatment.

Investigators discovered that the juvenile was shot while at the residence. A Plymouth man answered the door to the home with a gun in his hand and allegedly said he accidentally fired the weapon out of the door, hitting the juvenile.

No charges have been filed in the investigation. Plymouth Police say the case is under investigation.