Incident

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12-15-2022 West Virginia Bluefield 1-0

Location

December 15, 2022

Reese St
Bluefield, West Virginia

Participants

Type: Victim
Age: 2
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

toddler accidentally shot himself with loaded 40-caliber handgun left in reach on bed he and others were playing on at home, gun belonged to mother's boyfriend, also other guns around house

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: 40 SW

Sources

URL: https://www.wvnstv.com/top-stories/west-virginia-toddler-shoots-self-with-loaded-gun-left-in-reach/

URL: https://www.wvva.com/2022/12/16/toddler-accidentally-shoots-himself/

URL: https://wvmetronews.com/2022/12/16/two-year-old-injured-in-self-inflicted-shooting/

URL: https://www.bdtonline.com/news/2-year-old-critically-injured-after-shooting-self-in-leg/article_537cfbb4-7d6d-11ed-8c40-5368ac9b3279.html

District

Congressional District: 3
State Senate District: 6
State House District: 27