3-year-old rushed to hospital after shooting self in Montgomery County, police say
3-year-old boy rushed to hospital after shooting self in Montgomery County, police say
The investigation is ongoing on how a 3-year-old boy had access to a gun to shoot himself this Tuesday. He was rushed to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and there is still no word on how he obtained the gun thus far.
MONTGOMERY VILLAGE, Md. - Police are investigating after a 3-year-old child reportedly shot themselves at a home in Montgomery County Tuesday.
Officers were called to the 19700 block of Walkers Choice Road in Montgomery Village for a report of a child injured.
The 3-year-old was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
There’s no word on how the child obtained the gun at this time.
The report comes just two days after a 4-year-old girl accidentally shot herself at an apartment in Cheverly, Maryland.
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In that instance, police say the little girl was playing hide and seek when she found an unregistered ghost gun under the bed of a relative living in the home.
She accidentally shot herself in the arm and was taken to the hospital. She is expected to be ok.
"A four-year-old is injured, and it could have been much worse. A four-year-old could be deceased. We could be planning a funeral for a four-year-old right now due to the recklessness and carelessness of an individual who has no regard for such a deadly weapon even when young children are around," Chief Malik Aziz said Tuesday.
Detectives say the gun belonged to 20-year-old Jayvon Thomas. He is currently in custody, facing multiple weapons charges.
"Everything is tilted. We have become a very gun happy type of society," Aziz said at a briefing before the court hearing. "We have been more willing to use our guns in a negative way, usually against people who are in an emotional circumstance. It’s plagued not just Prince George’s County but some districts in this region and many of the great American cities across the United States."
According to data from Everytown Research, there have been 86 unintentional shootings by children in the U.S. so far this year, resulting in 55 non-fatal injuries.
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