A 3-year-old boy was in stable condition Friday after what police believe was an accidental shooting overnight in Atlanta.
Authorities said the shooting occurred just before 10 p.m. Thursday in the 2900 block of Middleton Road NW at the Allen Hills Apartments, a gated complex off Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SW.
The preliminary investigation indicates the boy may have been playing with a handgun and shot himself in the face, Officer Officer John Chafee with Atlanta police said. The child was transported to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite.
Neighbor Ivey McMullen told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that she heard people screaming, “the baby shot himself.”
Charges are possible in the incident, Officer John Chafee said.
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