Police: Man critical from accidental shot after taking gun from teen who died in apparent suicide

A 38-year-old man was critically injured after accidentally shooting himself while trying to secure a gun following the apparent self-inflicted shooting of a 15-year-old boy at a North Side home, according to the San Antonio Police Department.

A preliminary police report states the 15-year-old had recently run away but returned Sunday to his home in the 500 block of Marchmont Lane. Around 5 p.m., police said he suffered an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

While trying to move the gun away from the teen, the 38-year-old man accidentally shot himself, according to the report. Medics took him to a hospital in critical condition…

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