Guns in homes with children do.. not… mix. That is completely irresponsible parenting.
Sandy Springs toddler shoots himself in hand
By Bryan CronanA Sandy Springs toddler shot himself in the hand after finding a gun, Channel 2 Action News reported.
The incident happened when the parents and child were at their home on Village Creek Trace off Peachtree Dunwoody Road on Monday afternoon.
“The father was fixing a toy and his girlfriend was on a laptop,” Sandy Springs police Capt. Steve Rose told Channel 2. “They were in bed, they hear a sound and go into another room where the child had shot himself with a .380 pistol.”
The child had found the gun under a bed and shot himself in the thumb. The gun was not properly secured, according to Rose.
The child’s father rushed him to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite, where a social worker told police of the incident.
Police cited Shaunell Robinson, the child’s mother, with reckless conduct for not properly securing the gun.
Robinson told Channel 2 that the boy is recovering and will be taken to a hand specialist to be checked out.
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