In Pennsylvania, a 3-year-old boy fired a pistol at a sleeping father

In Pennsylvania, a 3-year-old boy, finding a gun in his house, shot his sleeping father in the buttocks from it. Writes about it ABC News.

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The incident occurred around 18:30 pm on Thursday, December 19, in Erie. At this time, the child, having discovered a loaded small-caliber pistol, shot him at his 26-year-old father.

The man went to the hospital, the wound is considered life-threatening. The names of the participants in the incident were not disclosed.

According to the police, it is not yet known how the child found the gun. Two other children who were in the house at that time were not injured.

An incident is being investigated.

As ForumDaily wrote earlier:

• Such cases are not rare. In September 2019, a child from Texas got a gunshot wound to the head. While playing in a room with a group of children, the boy’s older brother, 10 or 11 years old, discovered a rifle and aimed it at a child before pulling the trigger.
• In April 2018, a 21-year-old pregnant woman went to the hospital Chicago after her 3-year-old daughter accidentally shot her with a pistol, which she found in their car, waiting for her father at a store in Merrillville.
• In July 2018, in the northwest of Fresno, California, 2 year old boy died after he accidentally shot himself in the head. He was still breathing when the police arrived, but died five hours later. There were adults in the house. No one was injured except the child.
• Last December, in a New Mexico motel, a child staying in a room with his parents found a gun and accidentally pulled the triggerpointing their weapons at the little sister’s face while the adults took a shower. Parents have been charged with child abuse.

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