Teh One Who Knocks
02-03-2015, 12:19 PM
By Linda Trischitta - Sun Sentinel
Davie police are investigating how a toddler got his hands on a gun and accidentally shot his mother, Capt. Dale Engle said Monday.
Officers were called about 3:45 a.m. Monday to a home in the 4800 block of Southwest 59th Terrace.
"A 3-year-old boy gained access to his parents' firearm," Engle said. "The child discharged one round and struck the mother in the leg. She received an injury that was not life-threatening."
The injured woman left the home and contacted authorities. She was taken to Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood. The weapon was a small-caliber, semi-automatic handgun, Engle said.
She had surgery Monday and remained at the hospital, police said.
The Florida Department of Children & Families is involved and Broward Sheriff's investigators were at the family's residence on its behalf, an agency spokeswoman said.
"Charges have not been brought forth yet," Engle said.
Davie police are investigating how a toddler got his hands on a gun and accidentally shot his mother, Capt. Dale Engle said Monday.
Officers were called about 3:45 a.m. Monday to a home in the 4800 block of Southwest 59th Terrace.
"A 3-year-old boy gained access to his parents' firearm," Engle said. "The child discharged one round and struck the mother in the leg. She received an injury that was not life-threatening."
The injured woman left the home and contacted authorities. She was taken to Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood. The weapon was a small-caliber, semi-automatic handgun, Engle said.
She had surgery Monday and remained at the hospital, police said.
The Florida Department of Children & Families is involved and Broward Sheriff's investigators were at the family's residence on its behalf, an agency spokeswoman said.
"Charges have not been brought forth yet," Engle said.