Incident

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2-14-2014 North Carolina Fayetteville 1-0

Location

February 14, 2014

Incident Address

Fayetteville, North Carolina

Participants

Type: Victim
Age: 8
Age Group: Child 0-11
Gender: Female
Status: Injured

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Wounded/Injured
Accidental Shooting
Accidental Shooting - Injury
Self-Inflicted (not suicide or suicide attempt - NO PERP)
Child Involved Incident
Child injured self

Notes

Found gun in grandfather's drawer, picked up gun and it discharged. Suffered through and through injury to calf.

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Unknown

Sources

URL: http://www.fayobserver.com/news/crime_courts/article_8a14b151-65d7-5c54-a169-aa98c2eef0c4.html

URL: https://myfox8.com/2014/02/15/child-8-shoots-self-in-leg-at-fayetteville-home/comment-page-1/

District

Congressional District: 8
State Senate District: 21
State House District: 43