BELLE GLADE, Fla. (WFLA) — A 3-year-old boy accidentally shot himself in the hand with a handgun that was left on the couch, according to an arrest affidavit.
On Monday, detectives with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office responded to Lakeside Medical Center in Belle Glade to investigate the events leading up to the child’s injury.
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It was discovered the toddler shot himself in the left hand with the loaded CZ P-10 S handgun that was left on a couch.
An investigator with the Department of Children and Families spoke to the young boy at the hospital about his injury when he told them, “I shot it with a gun…I shot myself! I shot it! I was crying.”…