12-year-old boy fires gun after man leaves it on bus outside Bridgeport school, police say
A 12-year-old boy found a gun on a school bus in Chicago's Bridgeport neighborhood and fired it on Monday afternoon. No one was injured in the incident. Chicago police are investigating what happened.
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4 sourcesMan charged after boy, 12, finds and shoots gun on school bus in Bridgeport, Chicago police say
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