A Florida woman faces criminal charges after her 2-year-old son allegedly found her gun in her purse and accidentally shot himself.
A day of routine errands took a dramatic turn Wednesday when a Miami mother, Christina Doyle, 33, heard a loud bang from the backseat of her car. What she discovered was a parent’s worst nightmare: her 2-year-old son had found a gun in her purse and accidentally shot himself in the leg.
According to an arrest report obtained by the Miami Herald, Doyle was backing her car into a parking spot with her son and another relative in the backseat when the incident occurred. The toddler was rushed to a nearby hospital for his injuries and is expected to recover.
After the shooting, Miami Gardens police arrested Doyle. She now faces serious charges, including child neglect with great bodily harm and culpable negligence…