Three People Unintentionally Shoot Themselves, Including 2-year-old Girl

A 2-year-old girl found her father’s unsecured gun in a kitchen drawer and shot herself in the hand in Chicago, Illinois. She was taken to the hospital in good condition. Police charged her father, Demetrius Williams, 29, with child endangerment. Williams had a valid COID card and a concealed carry license.

A teen in Danbury, Connecticut, is hospitalized in critical condition after accidentally shooting himself in the head. Few details are reported in this ongoing investigation.

And a man accidentally shot himself in the hand while looking for a possible intruder in Chillicothe, Ohio. He got his .38 special from the bedroom nightstand when he thought he heard someone breaking into his home. When he went through the house and saw that the doors were still closed, he cupped the handgun that then discharged, striking him in the hand. He was charged with discharging a weapon in city limits.

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