Police in Delaware say an officer investigating a report of a man with a gun shot a 17-year-old boy in the knee after a foot chase.
Wilmington police say in a news release that officers were called Thursday evening for a report of a man with a gun. Police say officers tried to stop a suspect, but he fled.
When officers confronted the teen, police say an officer shot him. Police say the 17-year-old was taken to Christiana Hospital in good condition with a gunshot wound to his knee.
Police say officers recovered a replica handgun from the teen, but did not say what prompted the shooting.
Police did not give the races of the teen or the officer.
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