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In reply to the discussion: Discharged firearms in the news: Fri 27 July - Thur 2 Aug 2012 [View all]struggle4progress
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- A 3-year-old is recovering after police said he got a hold of a gun and accidentally shot himself. This all happened around 7 a.m. on 27th Avenue in South Bend.
According to police the 3-year-old is expected to make a full recovery, but neighbors say his parents need to be held accountable.
The little boy apparently got a hold of the gun and he got shot," said next door neighbor Roberta Overmeyer.
Overmeyer lives right next door to where police say a little boy accidentally shot himself in the wrist ...
http://www.abc57.com/home/top-stories/3-Year-Old-accidentally-shoots-himself-164225756.html
3-year-old boy in good condition after shooting himself
By TOM MOOR South Bend Tribune South Bend Tribune
1:18 p.m. EDT, July 30, 2012
SOUTH BEND A 3-year-old boy who accidentally shot himself after taking a handgun from an unlocked safe box while his mother was asleep was listed in good condition Monday at an Indianapolis hospital.
Police said the boy, Eric Caprio, was shot in the wrist about 7 a.m. Sunday at his familys home in the 700 block of South 27th Street ...
The boys 25-year-old mother was sleeping on the living room couch with her 2-month-old infant when she awoke to a loud bang, police said. The woman told police her husband works the midnight shift and that she often keeps a gun close by.
She reportedly was unaware her son was awake when he removed the gun from the safe box near the couch ...
http://www.southbendtribune.com/news/sbt-3yearold-boy-in-good-condition-after-shooting-himself-20120730,0,4340735.story