Man arrested after accidentally shooting 11-year-old boy, police say
Updated: Apr. 30, 2019 at 6:35 PM CDT
BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - A man has been arrested in connection with an accidental shooting that injured an 11-year-old boy.
The incident happened Monday, April 29 in the 2000 block of S Sherwood Forest Boulevard near Old Hammond Highway. The shooting happened around 5:40 p.m.
The boy was taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the face. He was critical when he arrived at the hospital, but he is now expected to survive.
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Police say James Gales, 19, turned himself in to police the following evening.
Gales was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. He is charged with negligent injuring.
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