ST. LOUIS (AP) - Police said a Missouri 2-year-old boy accidentally shot and wounded himself Saturday after he found a firearm in a bedroom.
St. Louis County police said a family member took the child to a hospital with a wound to his hand after the incident Saturday evening in the St. Louis suburb of Spanish Lake, Missouri. The boy’s injury was not considered life-threatening.
Police spokeswoman Vera Clay told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that investigators believe the child accidentally discharged the gun.
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