Man arrested months after 4-year-old accidentally shot himself in Broward home

A man has been arrested months after a 4-year-old child accidentally shot himself in the foot inside a Broward home, records show.

Giovani Douge, 24, was arrested Monday on a charge of allowing access of a firearm to a minor, Broward jail records showed.

The shooting happened back on April 29 at a home along Northwest 27th Avenue and 6th Street in unincorporated Central Broward near Fort Lauderdale.

Broward Sheriff’s Office officials said the child got a hold of an unsecured weapon and accidentally shot himself in the foot.

According to an arrest affidavit, a Fort Lauderdale Police officer arrived and found the child screaming in pain and applied a tourniquet while waiting for fire rescue to arrive…

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