Incident

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11-12-2018 Louisiana Slidell 1-0

Location

November 12, 2018

Slidell, Louisiana

Participants

Type: Victim
Age: 4
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 injured self

Notes

child shot herself in hand while playing with a loaded handgun; she found in the gun in an unsecured cabinet; Fredrica Lee (25 y/o, victim's aunt) booked for cruelty to juveniles;

Guns Involved

2 guns involved.

Type: Handgun

Type: Handgun

Sources

URL: http://www.wbrz.com/news/aunt-arrested-after-4-year-old-finds-gun-shoots-herself-in-the-hand/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wbrz%2Fnews+%28WBRZ+News%29

URL: https://www.fox8live.com/2018/11/12/aunt-arrested-after-girl-shoots-self-hand/

District

Congressional District: 1
State Senate District: 1
State House District: 90