The St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office says a 2-year-old was left unattended near an unsecured firearm, leading the child to shoot their mother in the leg.
Mother shot in leg by 2-year-old with unsecured gun, sheriff’s office says
The incident took place Thursday evening, and deputies from the Patrol Operations Bureau were sent to HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital around 6:45 p.m. after a woman arrived with a gunshot wound to her leg. Her husband reportedly drove her there.
The incident took place in a home in the 2600 block of Grey Twig Lane in Fort Pierce. Detectives say the husband came home from work and left his firearm unsecured on a bench inside the home…