2-Year-Old Shoots Himself in the Face

Arizona police state that a 2-year-old boy shot himself in the face with his father’s hand gun.

The child allegedly found the gun wrapped in bedsheets in the parents bedroom.

Sergeant Shari Howard reported the boy fired a round that entered his face and exited through his own head. Peoria Police Department have filed no criminal charges as of now.

The infant is in critical, but stable condition at a local children’s hospital. Doctors removed some of the child’s skull to help with swelling.

“All I can say is that he is very lucky to be alive right now,” said Sergeant Howard.

The father was at work when this went down. The child’s grandmother watched TV in the living room, and the baby’s aunt washed dishes in the kitchen.

The victim played with his 7-year-old brother when the gun fired. In a frenzy, the aunt placed the call to 911.

“My baby nephew got shot in the face with a gun,” she said.

The police report that the family is cooperating fully with the investigation. Sounds like an average family with a handgun in the house. It’s hard to say if it was a bad choice for the father to have a gun in the first place without knowing the full circumstances.

Whatever the case, he made a poor choice in where to store his gun and his ammunition. We have a right to protect ourselves and our families from the bad guys, but at the same time don’t put the weapon in child’s hands. Children are curious beings. This is a clear case of bad parenting.

Let’s hope the kid pulls through and leads as much of a normal life as possible.