CLAYTON, Mo. – A 6-year-old boy is in critical condition at the hospital after accidentally shooting himself overnight. The owner of the firearm is in custody.
The shooting happened just around 2:25 a.m. in the 400 block of Midlothian Road, located in Glasgow Village
According to Mary Schmitt, a spokeswoman for the St. Louis County Police Department, officers arrived to find the child suffering from a life-threatening gunshot wound to his face. The child was rushed to the hospital…