4-year-old accidentally shoots mom with gun he got from sleeping dad, WA cops say

A 4-year-old got ahold of a loaded gun and shot his mother in the arm by accident, deputies in Washington said.

The mom was taken to a hospital with injuries that were serious but not life-threatening, the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office said in a July 15 post on Facebook.

“During the investigation, deputies learned that the child had retrieved the firearm from his father, who was asleep on the couch at the time. Multiple unsecured firearms were observed throughout the residence,” deputies said…

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