A little boy was rushed to a hospital after shooting himself in a motel
room while playing with a gun, according to police in Washington.
The Seattle Police Department said that homicide detectives are
investigating after the 2-year-old boy arrived at Harborview Medical
Center at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, with a gunshot wound.
Harborview Medical Center staff called police to report that a boy was
transported to the hospital by his mother and her boyfriend, and that
the child was receiving emergency surgery.
Fortunately, the child is expected to survive.
The child’s mother and her boyfriend told police that the boy was
injured in a motel room in the 8000 block of E. Marginal Way S.
Homicide and CSI detectives obtained a warrant and searched the room, where the shooting occurred.
After conducting extensive forensic investigation, and interviewing the
child’s mother and her boyfriend, detectives believe that the toddler’s
injuries were the result of the child handling a loaded handgun.
Detectives will be pursuing a felony weapons violation against the
mother’s boyfriend. He is a convicted felon and not allowed to possess
firearms.