Child Injury (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) No Charges Filed Wyoming

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 2022

In Campbell County, Wyoming, a three-year old found a loaded gun “lying around” in a bedroom and accidentally shot himself in the stomach.  The boy was taken by air ambulance to a hospital in Casper and is expected to survive.

Wyoming has no safe storage or child access prevention law and no arrests were made.

Source:

“3-year-old Expected to Recover After Accidentally Shooting Himself in Stomach,” Gillette News Record (June 30, 2022).

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