Incident

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2-23-2016 Florida Sanford 1-0

Location

February 23, 2016

Sanford, Florida

Participants

Type: Victim
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)
Child Involved Incident
Child injured self

Notes

Toddler left alone in garage with access to gun shoots self in hand. Parents arrested & charged with child neglect and unsafe storage of a firearm;

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Unknown

Sources

URL: http://www.wesh.com/news/2-arrested-after-child-shot-in-sanford/38187712

URL: http://www.mynews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2016/2/25/toddler_shots_self_i.html

District

Congressional District: 7
State Senate District: 9
State House District: 28