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A two-year-old boy in the US shot his parents with a gun he picked up from a nightstand.
The toddler’s 25-year-old father was hit in the head, and the mother, 22, was struck in the leg in the shooting at their home in West Bath, Maine.
The boy was hit in the face by the recoil of the gun, authorities said. All three family members were hospitalised with non-life-threatening injuries.
A three-week-old baby was also in the room when the gun went off but wasn’t hurt.
“The question of how the boy was able to pick up and fire the weapon is of great concern and is being investigated,” Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry said.
“This situation, while disturbing, could have had an even more tragic ending,” the sheriff said.
It’s led to renewed calls for parents to face criminal charges when they leave loaded guns around children.
“Children’s access to loaded and unsecured guns in this state is an absolute crisis,” said Geoff Bickford, the Executive Director of the Maine Gun Safety Coalition.
‘Absolute crisis’: Two-year-old boy shoots both parents in home
A two-year-old boy in the US shot his parents with a gun he picked up from a nightstand.
A two-year-old boy in the US shot his parents with a gun he picked up from a nightstand.
The toddler’s 25-year-old father was hit in the head, and the mother, 22, was struck in the leg in the shooting at their home in West Bath, Maine.
The boy was hit in the face by the recoil of the gun, authorities said. All three family members were hospitalised with non-life-threatening injuries.
A three-week-old baby was also in the room when the gun went off but wasn’t hurt.
“The question of how the boy was able to pick up and fire the weapon is of great concern and is being investigated,” Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry said.
“This situation, while disturbing, could have had an even more tragic ending,” the sheriff said.
It’s led to renewed calls for parents to face criminal charges when they leave loaded guns around children.
“Children’s access to loaded and unsecured guns in this state is an absolute crisis,” said Geoff Bickford, the Executive Director of the Maine Gun Safety Coalition.
