Incident

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12-30-2017 New York Attica 1-0

Location

December 30, 2017

Incident Address

Attica, New York

Participants

Type: Victim
Age: 3
Age Group: Child 0-11
Gender: Male
Status: Injured

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Wounded/Injured
Accidental Shooting
Accidental Shooting - Injury
Accidental/Negligent Discharge
Self-Inflicted (not suicide or suicide attempt - NO PERP)
Playing with gun
Child Involved Incident
Child fired gun - non-child victim
Child injured self

Notes

Child found gun in living room; Gun registered to boy's father.;father Matthew Howell, 42, arrested for endangerment. 42.799770, -78.401184 ;

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: 45 Auto

Sources

URL: http://buffalonews.com/2018/01/01/sheriff-releases-few-details-in-shooting-that-injured-3-year-old/

URL: http://buffalonews.com/2018/01/05/father-of-3-year-old-who-shot-himself-charged-with-endangering-child/

District

Congressional District: 27
State Senate District: 59
State House District: 147