ST. LOUIS — A 17-year-old girl on Thursday afternoon accidentally shot herself in the hand and thigh, police said.
Officers were called to the 5900 block of Garesche Avenue around 5 p.m., police said.
They found the girl, who told officers she was moving the gun to a different part of the house when she accidentally fired it, police said.
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