Local 911 dispatcher recalls emotional call from 10-year-old who accidentally shot brother

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) – A 911 dispatcher could hear panic in a child’s voice when a 10-year-old boy called after accidentally shooting his brother with his mother’s gun on Willamont Road.

Police say the boy found his mother’s gun, thought it was unloaded and pulled the trigger.

“From a parent’s standpoint listening to the child, the whole time… [he says] ‘I’m sorry, it was an accident. I didn’t mean to.’ That’s heartbreaking when you hear that,” said dispatcher Hydie Gorsuch…

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