Incident

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3-21-2016 Georgia Lithonia 1-0

Location

March 21, 2016

Knight's Inn
Incident Address

Incident Address

Lithonia, Georgia

Participants

Type: Victim
Age: 2
Age Group: Child 0-11
Gender: Male
Status: Injured

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Wounded/Injured
Accidental Shooting
Accidental Shooting - Injury
Self-Inflicted (not suicide or suicide attempt - NO PERP)
Playing with gun
Child Involved Incident
Child fired gun - non-child victim
Child injured self

Notes

Child found mother's gun in her purse and shot self in stomach. Injuries critical. Mother has been arrested and charged with reckless conduct.

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Unknown

Sources

URL: http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/dekalb-county/police-investigating-shooting-of-2-year-old-in-lithonia/171977166

URL: http://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/112621137-story

District

Congressional District: 4
State Senate District: 10
State House District: 92