MACON, Ga. (AP) - A 22-year-old man has been arrested after a 2-year-old girl was shot in the head while playing with a gun Christmas Day.
Bibb County deputies detained Kendarius Leshawn Grimes during the investigation and later charged him with cruelty to children second-degree and theft by receiving. Investigators said the gun belonged to Grimes, and the gun had been reported stolen in July.
Grimes is being held on a $12,500 bond, WXIA-TV reported. It was unknown if he has an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
The sheriff’s office, in a news release, said the toddler found the gun during a Christmas gathering and was playing with it when it went off. The bullet hit her in the head around 3:30 p.m. Friday. She was transported to Navicent Health Medical Center. Her condition was not immediately available.
No one else was injured.
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