A man died early Thursday morning after accidentally shooting himself in the leg inside a Southwest Side home, according to Chicago police.
Officers arrived at 6:25 a.m. to a report of a shooting in the 7200 block of South California Avenue in the Marquette Park neighborhood.
Inside the home, officers discovered a 47-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the leg.
According to the preliminary investigation, the individual appears to have accidentally discharged a firearm, resulting in the self-inflicted injury.
He was brought to Christ Hospital and later died.
The man’s identity is yet unknown.
Area One investigators are conducting a death investigation.
