NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A 19-year-old was shot in the hand on the Upper East Side Monday morning.
It happened around 8:15 a.m. at 78th Street and 2nd Avenue.
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Sources say the shooting may have been accidental, and that it may have happened while the victim and shooter – a friend – were playing with a gun.
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The victim is expected to survive.
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Police are still searching for the shooter, and the gun.