5-Year-Old boy injured after accidentally firing gun in North Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA ( KYW Newsradio ) — A 5-year-old boy was injured Saturday after accidentally firing a gun, according to Philadelphia police.

Officers said they were called to a hospital after the child was brought in with a laceration to his left hand.

Investigators said the boy’s 21-year-old sister had taken him to a home in the Feltonville section of North Philadelphia. At some point, the child reportedly found a gun inside the home and fired it, causing the injury…

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