A usually quiet stretch of North Irving Street suddenly turned tense on Friday when, according to police, a juvenile male accidentally shot an acquaintance in the leg while handling a gun.
The incident unfolded on the 1400 block of North Irving Street in Denver. Officers responding to reports of a shooting found the wounded person at the scene and took them to a local hospital for treatment. Police say the youth was arrested on investigation of second-degree assault and juvenile in possession of a handgun.
According to the Denver Police Department, officers detained the juvenile at the scene. Detectives are still working the case and continuing to develop information about what led up to the gunfire…