A 14-year-old boy was injured Thursday night in a shooting at a North Philly home that appears to be accidental, Philadelphia Police Department Chief Inspector Scott Small said.

The shooting happened just before 6 p.m. on the 1500 block of North 17th Street on the third-floor bedroom of the home.

The 14-year-old was shot in the stomach and taken to St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, where he was placed in stable condition, according to Small.

Small said there were about 15 people, including teenagers and young adults, on the third floor handling a gun when it discharged and struck the 14-year-old in the abdomen. Another 14-year-old was allegedly handling the gun when it fired, and he fled the scene, according to Small.

Investigators at the scene found one spent shell casing and a

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