Parents injured in West Bath after 2-year-old son fires unsecured handgun, sheriff says
“The question of how the boy was able to pick up and fire the weapon is of great concern and is being investigated, Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry said.
Credit: NBC Published: 1:52 PM EDT May 12, 2021 Updated: 1:56 PM EDT May 12, 2021
WEST BATH, Maine A 2-year-old boy and his parents were transported to Mid Coast Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries Wednesday morning after the boy allegedly picked up an unsecured handgun and fired it.
According to a release from Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry, deputies responded to a home at 109 New Meadows Road in West Bath just before 8 a.m. A Bath police officer immediately responded as well, along with Bath, West Bath, and Brunswick EMS, according to Merry.
Police: 2-year-old boy injures parents, self in West Bath shooting
According to the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office, the boy discharged a handgun that was left loaded on a nightstand.
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A 2-year-old boy and his parents were injured Wednesday morning when the boy fired a loaded handgun left on a nightstand in his parents’ bedroom in West Bath, according to the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office.
Police arrived at 109 New Meadows Road after receiving a report of multiple gunshot wounds at 7:58 a.m.
The mother, 22, sustained a “clean gunshot wound” to her leg and the father, 25, sustained a minor injury to the back of his head, according to Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry. The gun struck the boy’s face when it recoiled.