OSCEOLA, Ark.-A 16-year-old boy has been shot after an Arkansas police officer's weapon discharged as she was attempting to arrest him.
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that the Osceola police chief has asked the Arkansas State Police to investigate the shooting.
The boy was struck by the officer's errant bullet Friday morning. He was treated at a local hospital and released later in the day.
State Police spokesman Bill Sadler says Osceola police officers were called to an attempted robbery at a convenience store and when the police arrived, they arrested one person.
Sadler says the 16-year-old tried to get into a vehicle parked in the store's lot and an officer tried to remove him from it.
That's when the officer's gun discharged and hit the boy.