4-Year-Old Accidentally Shoots 2-Year-Old in Minnesota

Authorities in Minnesota are investigating a shooting that injured a 2-year-old boy.

According to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office, a 4-year-old child fired a loaded gun at his sibling over the weekend in what is believed to be an accidental incident.

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Deputies were called to the scene just before 10:30 a.m. Sunday after responding to a call made from a vehicle in the 1300 block of 130th Avenue, NBC news station Kare 11 reported.

Multiple media outlets reported that the four-year-old allegedly found a firearm in the back seat of the vehicle before shooting his younger sibling. When officers received the call about the incident, the driver was on his way to Fairmount to get medical attention for a young child.

In a news release shared by the sheriff’s office, authorities said deputies encountered the driver near the 1800 block of 120th Street where they attempted to render aid before the child was airlifted to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester.

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MPR News added that the two-year-old was sitting in the back seat with an older child when they were hit.

Martin County Deputy Chief Corey Klanderud confirmed to KARE 11 that the person who called 911 was the children’s parent. Klanderud did not specify whether or not the loaded gun belonged to an adult.

As of Tuesday morning, the sheriff’s office had not received an update on the child’s condition. Will criminal charges come from the County State Attorney’s Office in Martin?

No other information was available at this time.

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Just last month, a man in Florida was charged after a toddler shot himself with a gun he allegedly left outside.

Orlando Young is the person identified in the late September incident.

According to an arrest report obtained by Local 10 News, Young was watching the relative and told police he “left the gun unattended on the couch for a moment because he was excited about the touchdown.”

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In addition, WSVN added that the child required surgery to reattach her finger following the injury. The girl was taken to Nicklaus Children’s Hospital of Southwest Miami-Dade for the procedure.

“It could have been worse than this. I don’t appreciate it at all,” the child’s grandmother, Robin Fuller, told the paper.

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Young was charged with just one count of child neglect causing serious bodily injury, according to Miami-Dade County court records.

He was being held at the Miami-Dade Corrections & Rehabilitation Center and also faced a charge of battery by an inmate on a visitor or other inmate for allegedly hitting another inmate, court records show.

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