Incident
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1-17-2017 Illinois Chicago 1-0
Location
January 17, 2017
East Garfield ParkChicago, Illinois
Participants
- Type: Victim
- Age: 5
- Age Group: Child 0-11
- Gender: Female
- 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 shoots self w/ gun from mother's purse; serious; mother charged, misdemeanor child endangerment;
Guns Involved
1 gun involved.
- Type: Unknown
Sources
District
Congressional District: 7State Senate District: 5
State House District: 10