Three people were injured when a Bath, Maine two-year old found a loaded 9 mm pistol on a nightstand in his parent’s bedroom.  According to a report of the incident, the boy’s mother “sustained a ‘clean gunshot wound’ to her leg and the father, 25, sustained a minor injury to the back of his head. The gun struck the boy’s face when it recoiled.”  A three-week old baby who was home at the time of the incident was unharmed.

The boy and his parents were treated at a local hospital.  Although there is an ongoing investigation, no one has been charged.

“The question of how the boy was able to pick up and fire the weapon is of great concern and is being investigated,” the local sheriff  wrote in a statement Wednesday. “This situation, while disturbing, could have had an even more tragic ending. We are thankful that the injuries were not more serious.”

Source:

Kathleen O’Brien, “Police: 2-year-old Boy Injures Parents, Self in West Bath Shooting,” Times Record (May 13, 2021).