Police responded to an emergency 911 dispatch at a Plymouth children’s park last week to find an 18-year-old with a gunshot wound. Subsequent investigation revealed the wound was accidentally self-inflicted.

Plymouth Police Chief Louis Banks says he was dispatched to the county park at Washington and Eighth streets at 10:51 a.m., Wednesday, March 26, for the gunshot wound report.

Upon arrival, Banks en- countered 18-year Lester Bond Jr., of Plymouth, who exhibited entry and exit wounds to the lower right arm. Bond told Banks he heard the gunshot, but knew nothing more...