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Police: Kan. teen critically injured after shot in the head

emergencyHUTCHINSON – Law enforcement authorities in Reno County are investigating a shooting at a home in the 500 Block of East 3rd Street in Hutchinson.

Eric Valaeu, 18, Hutchinson, was taken to a Wichita hospital in critical condition after apparently being shot in the head just after 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, according to police.

Valaeu was not a resident of that home and police stopped short of calling it accidental. No arrest have been made and they are not actively seeking any suspects.

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