Md. Boy Hospitalized After Being Shot With Arrow

PRINCE FREDERICK, Md. (AP) -- Calvert County police say a 12-year-old boy is in the hospital after his friend accidentally shot him with an arrow.

WUSA-TV reports (http://on.wusa9.com/1AcjIXv ) that deputies responded to a house on Valley Lee Court in Prince Frederick just before noon on Thursday for a report of an accidental injury. When deputies arrived they found a 12-year-old boy with an arrow impaled in his leg.

Police say a preliminary investigation revealed that the boy had been playing with a friend who accidentally shot him with an arrow.

Police say the boy was taken by helicopter to Children's Hospital. Police say he is in stable condition.
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Information from: WUSA-TV, http://www.wusatv9.com

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