By Jason Hall
May 12, 2021
A New England couple was injured after their 2-year-old son accidentally shot them with a handgun Wednesday (May 12) morning.
The Sagadahoc County Sheriff s Office confirms the mother, 22, experienced a leg would while the father, 25, was shot in the head, while the child was struck in the face by the recoil of the weapon at their West Bath, Maine home,
The department said the gun was sitting on a night stand when the child picked it up and shot his parents. All three individuals were transported to Mid Coast Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, Sheriff
Joel Merry confirmed.
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A 2-year-old boy from Maine has injured himself, his mother and his father, after firing a gun that had been left on his parents nightstand.
The Sagadahoc County Sheriff s Office said it had received reports of multiple gunshot wounds at a home in the town of West Bath at around 8 a.m. on Wednesday morning.
The boy is said to have found the loaded and unsecured gun in his parents bedroom and fired one round that struck both his mother and his father.
The mother, 22, sustained a gunshot wound to her leg and the father, 25, sustained a minor injury to the back of his head. The toddler was injured after the gun struck his face when it recoiled.
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WEST BATH, Maine - Gunfire inside a Maine home left a mother, father and 2-year-old boy with injuries Wednesday morning.
According to the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office, the toddler shot his mom and dad with a handgun that had been left out on a nightstand.
The mother was shot in the leg while the father suffered a wound to the head. The boy injured himself when the gun recoiled and hit him in the face.
2-year-old shoots parents inside home, sheriff says
The incident was reported just before 8 a.m. on New Meadows Road.
Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry said the child picked up the gun that was on a nightstand and shot his mother and father.
The mother, 22, suffered a leg wound, and the father, 25, was shot in the head, Merry said
The boy was struck in the face by the recoil of the weapon.
All three were transported to Mid Coast Hospital. The injuries are not considered life-threatening, he said.
“The question of how the boy was able to pick up and fire the weapon is of great concern and is being investigated. This situation, while disturbing, could have had an even more tragic ending. We are thankful that the injuries were not more serious,” Merry said.