Pennsylvania man charged after toddler shoots woman in the back
WILSON, Pa. (WHTM) — A Pennsylvania man is facing charges after police say a toddler grabbed a loaded handgun and shot a woman in the back.
The incident happened Monday in Wilson Borough, a suburb of Easton in Northampton County.
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Wilson Police said they were called to the 2200 block of Forest Street for a gunshot victim. There, a 33-year-old woman said she had been shot in the back by a three-year-old child.
She was taken to an area hospital for emergency surgery and is expected to survive.
Witnesses told police that Brian Siegfried, 41, of Williams Township, had been handling a handgun on the front porch of the home. He cocked the gun, placed it on a table, and walked away, witnesses told police.
Siegfried told police he was tired of holding the weapon and put it down.
Several children under the age of five were nearby and a three-year-old picked up the gun and accidentally shot the victim. The child who fired the weapon was not injured.
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Siegfried, who police say had a Protection From Abuse order, was prohibited from possessing a firearm.
He was charged with felony aggravated assault, misdemeanor persons not to possess a firearm, and five counts of misdemeanor reckless endangerment.
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