A Tallahassee teenager was arrested after he accidentally shot himself during a car theft, the Tallahassee Democrat reports.

Police said the 17-year-old boy accidentally shot himself while he was stealing a vehicle Sunday. According to the Democrat, the injured teen asked his friend to drive him to the hospital in the stolen car, but police apprehended them en route.

The teen was treated for his gunshot wound and faces charges of vehicle theft and carrying a concealed firearm.

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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