Incident
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2-28-2022 West Virginia Saint Albans 1-0
Location
February 28, 2022
100 block of Strawberry RdSaint Albans, West Virginia
Participants
- Type: Victim
- Age: 7
- 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 injured self
Notes
boy with autism accidentally shot himself when he found handgun in home
Guns Involved
1 gun involved.
- Type: Handgun
District
Congressional District: 2State Senate District: 17
State House District: 35