4-year-old Boy Hospitalized In Georgia After ‘accidentally’ Shooting Himself Outside A Burger King Restaurant

A four-year-old boy has been hospitalized in Georgia after “accidentally” shooting himself extracurricular a Burger King, according to police.

Gwinnett County Police rushed to thief nan kid who changeable his manus by mishap adjacent nan accelerated nutrient edifice successful Dacula connected Wednesday morning, section outlets reported, citing authorities.

Police said nan boy was taken to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta pinch non-life-threatening injuries.

The child’s mother told FOX 5 Atlanta she took her boy to Burger King for breakfast and was sitting pinch him successful nan car erstwhile she received a telephone from her neighbour astir her canine being deed by a semi-truck.

The mother said her canine of 10 years had been killed successful nan crash, and upon proceeding nan news, she didn’t announcement that her boy had taken a Glock from nan car, WALB reported. The mother said her boy pointed nan weapon astatine her, but erstwhile he fired, he struck his ain scale finger, according to nan section outlet.

She told FOX 5 Atlanta nan weapon belonged to her husband.

It’s unclear wherever successful nan car nan boy recovered nan gun. WALB said it was successful nan mitt compartment and FOX 5 Atlanta said it was successful nan halfway console.

No charges person been revenge successful relationship pinch nan shooting arsenic of Wednesday afternoon. The Independent has reached retired to Gwinnett County Police for comment.

Georgia is 1 of 24 states that person not adopted laws requiring guns beryllium safely stored to forestall children and others pinch unauthorized entree from getting their hands connected them, according to weapon unit prevention group Everytown for Gun Safety.

There person already been astatine slightest 33 unintentional shootings by children crossed nan state this year, including 2 successful Georgia, Everytown says. Those shootings resulted successful 10 deaths and 23 injuries, according to nan weapon unit prevention group.