A 3-year-old received maintain of a gun and unintentionally shot a 5-month-old child in a Florida residence — resulting in neglect costs for the lady who was alleged to be caring for them, cops stated.
Officers responded to the Tampa residence round 1 p.m. Saturday after getting a name that the toddler had been shot within the hip, the Tampa Police Division stated in an announcement.
Paula Concepcion Santos, 25, was arrested and charged with little one neglect with nice bodily hurt — whereas the infant was taken to Tampa Basic Hospital to be handled for non-life-threatening accidents.
Concepcion Santos allegedly advised detectives that the 3-year-old received maintain of a loaded gun and unintentionally fired it.
Detectives are nonetheless attempting to find out precisely how the capturing occurred. They haven't revealed how Concepcion Santos is expounded to the 2 kids. She remained jailed on $15,000 bond as of Tuesday.
“Whereas we’re extremely grateful this toddler was not fatally injured, this could function a reminder to each father or mother or guardian to instantly go and test that their weapons are correctly secured,” said Tampa Police Chief Mary O’Connor.
She added: “Kids shouldn't be capable of entry firearms, and furthermore, weapons ought to all the time be saved in a locked protected with the ammo saved individually.”
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