Pa. cops: Boy shot by gun from under mom’s pillow
Apr 8, 2012, 3:16 AM
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Authorities say a 4-year-old boy has shot himself in the chest in Philadelphia with a gun he found under his mother’s pillow.
The shooting happened at around 7 p.m. Saturday in the Mayfair section of northeast Philadelphia. Police say the boy shot himself once in the left side of the chest with a handgun.
Officer Chris Bennett tells The Philadelphia Inquirer (
http://bit.ly/HK2oxZ) that the shooting appears to be accidental.
Police tell the newspaper that the boy is in critical condition and undergoing emergency surgery at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children.
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Information from: The Philadelphia Inquirer,
http://www.philly.com
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