UPDATE: Boy in Stable Condition After Accidental Shooting
By: Carmen Chau and Bailey Michael
Updated: August 14, 2012
HAGERSTOWN, MD - The 3-year-old boy who found a handgun in a parking lot behind the post office and accidentally shot himself in the chest Friday is in stable condition, according to a release from police.
The boy is recovering at Children's National Hospital.
Police say he was playing with his sister when they found the gun in the parking lot off of West Franklin Street, which is also behind John Wesley United Methodist Church. Police say the children were playing with the gun when it fired. The boy's sister immediately ran to her home and told her parents what happened.
The boy was rushed to Meritus Medical Center around 11:30 a.m.
The gun was found near the lot. Police found the gun unloaded.
"There possibly was a gun laying here that the juveniles found," says Jim Hurd of the Hagerstown Police Department. "They were playing outside. A 3-year-old and a 7-year-old. They found the gun, manipulated it. The gun went off and struck one of the children in the chest."
The boy is recovering at Children's National Hospital.
Police say he was playing with his sister when they found the gun in the parking lot off of West Franklin Street, which is also behind John Wesley United Methodist Church. Police say the children were playing with the gun when it fired. The boy's sister immediately ran to her home and told her parents what happened.
The boy was rushed to Meritus Medical Center around 11:30 a.m.
The gun was found near the lot. Police found the gun unloaded.
"There possibly was a gun laying here that the juveniles found," says Jim Hurd of the Hagerstown Police Department. "They were playing outside. A 3-year-old and a 7-year-old. They found the gun, manipulated it. The gun went off and struck one of the children in the chest."
Comments
a new stadium is going to change all this crime.... NOT!
steve g.
August 14, 2012 at 7:13 pm
Umm first of all why is a 3 and 7 year old out at ll in the morning?? and number 2 where were the parents at??
Cortni C.
August 14, 2012 at 3:31 pm
Umm first of all why is a 3 and 7 year old out at ll in the morning?? and number 2 why where were the parents at?? i think them kids need to be taken from there perents!! thats my opinion!!!!
Cortni C.
August 14, 2012 at 3:28 pm
Guns don't kill kids--KIDS kill kids.
Shawn B.
August 11, 2012 at 7:47 am
HDP really needs to start cleaning up the "trash" in Hagerstown!!
Sarah H.
August 10, 2012 at 5:15 pm
