Boy, 10, apparently accidentally shoots himself at Southwest Side home

A 10-year-old boy was in fair condition at a hospital after apparently accidentally shooting himself at an Ashburn home Sunday evening on the Southwest Side.

It happened around 6:40 p.m. Sunday at the home in the 3700 block of West Hayford Street, Chicago police said.

He was taken to the Advocate Christ Medical Center where he was in fair condition, police said.

A gun was recovered at the scene.

Area 1 detectives were investigating.