Missouri child sustains ‘accidental, self-inflicted’ gunshot wound while in parent’s car
Police said a child sitting in his parent’s car in Belton sustained an “accidental, self-inflicted” gunshot on Saturday.
Belton Police Department officers responded to the parking lot of a convenience store in the 7900 block of East 171st Street on a report of a juvenile with a gunshot wound around noon.
The child, police said, was sitting in the backseat of his parent’s vehicle when he sustained a gunshot wound to his hand and leg. He was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
“Initial information indicates this was an accidental, self-inflicted wound,” police said in a news release.
No one else was injured.
Police said how the child got a hold of the weapon and other aspects are still under investigation.
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