LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, Ohio — A 16-year-old boy was shot, likely by another juvenile, near an elementary school in Liberty Township on Wednesday evening, according to the Butler County Sheriff's Office.

The sheriff's office said deputies were called to the 6900 block of Dutchland Parkway, near Woodland Elementary School and Liberty Junior High School, at around 9 p.m.

Deputies said they found a 16-year-old boy suffering from a gunshot wound to his leg; the boy was taken to UC West Chester Hospital and is expected to recover.

The sheriff's office said its early investigation has determined that the teen and two friends were walking from the Lakota Point Townhomes, through a field behind Woodland Elementary, when the teen was shot "from an undetermined location."

The teen's friends carried hi

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