Three-year-old shoots one-year-old in the head after finding a gun in parents' bedroom - but child miraculously survives
- Miraculously, the child survived after the bullet only grazed the head on Sunday
- The children were playing alone when the father heard a loud pop from outside
- The child was rushed to Atrium Health Care in Charlotte by Lincoln County EMS
A three-year-old accidentally shot a one-year-old in the head after finding the gun on a nightstand in the parents' bedroom, police said.
Miraculously, the child survived after the bullet only grazed the head, not penetrating the skull during the incident in Lincolnton, North Carolina.
The children were playing alone when the father heard a loud pop when he was outside smoking.
The scene outside the home in in Lincolnton, North Carolina where the one-year-old was shot
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He and his wife rushed to the bedroom and found the child with a wound to the head.
It is unclear where the wife was in the house at the time of the incident that happened at around 11:50 a.m. Sunday.
The child was rushed to Atrium Health Care in Charlotte by Lincoln County EMS, the current condition of the toddler is not clear.
Lightview Lane in Lincolnton where the freak accident took place, the child's condition isn't known
The weapon is believed to be a a .380 caliber handgun.
The shooting took place in the small city within the Charlotte metropolitan area and there is no word of any charges yet.
In another accidental discharge in Lincolnton in November 2016 a policewoman mother accidentally shot her 11-year-old daughter at a party while showing off her gun to fellow parents.
The girl, who was hit in the abdomen, survived and her mother, Misty Michelle Flowers, was sacked from Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office.
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