2-year-old shoots parents inside West Bath home, sheriff says Share Updated: 5:07 PM EDT May 12, 2021
2-year-old shoots parents inside West Bath home, sheriff says Share Updated: 5:07 PM EDT May 12, 2021
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Show Transcript HAPPEN? GOOD AFTERNOON - WHAT HAPPENED SEEMS TO BE A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT - THIS MORNING A 2 YEAR OLD BOY FIRED A SINGLE ROUND FROM A LOADED, SEMI-AUTOMATIC HANDGUN IN HIS PARENTS BEDROOM, INJURING THEM AND HIMSELF. IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 8 THIS MORNING. LAW ENFORCEMENT BELIEVES THE PARENTS WERE SLEEPIGN AT THE TIME. SAGADAHOC COUNTY SHERIFF JOEL MERRY TOLD ME THEY RE STILL INVESTIGATING WHERE THE GUN WAS THAT THE CHILD COULD SO EASILY ACCESS IT. THE MOM WAS SHOT IN THE LEG AND THE DAD IN THE HEAD. THE 2- YEAR-OLD WAS INJURED AS WELL.FROM THE GUN S KICKBACK.NONE OF THE INURIES ARE LIFE THREATENING. A THREE-WEEK-OLD INFANT WAS IN THE BEDROOM AT THE TIME. HE WAS NOT INJURED. SHERIFF MERRY SAID AS TERRIBLE AS THIS SI