DELAND, Fla. — (DELAND, Fla.) -- The 3-year-old boy shot himself with a handgun that was left in a nightstand, according to police. A 3-year-old boy fatally shot himself when he found a 9 mm handgun in a nightstand in his Florida home, according to authorities.
DELAND, Fla. — -- The 3-year-old boy shot himself with a handgun that was left in a nightstand, according to police.
A 3-year-old boy fatally shot himself when he found a 9 mm handgun in a nightstand in his Florida home, according to authorities.The Volusia County Sheriff's Office called it"one of the worst calls imaginable" to respond to. The shooting occurred as the 3-year-old and a 7-year-old were being watched by their 16-year-old sister while the parents were grocery shopping, Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said at a news conference Thursday.He shot himself in the face, according to the sheriff's office incident report.
The boy's father is a state corrections officer, Chitwood said, adding that the guns were not department-issued.No charges have been filed. The sheriff's office noted that, per Florida law, when a child is accidentally shot,"no arrest shall be made prior to 7 days after the date of the shooting.""If you have little ones, even if you have teenagers, you gotta lock them up," he said.
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