Crime & Safety

4-Year-Old Shoots Self In Hartford: PD

The child found the gun inside a home.

HARTFORD, CT — A 4-year-old child shot himself after finding a gun in an older sibling's room Thursday afternoon, according to police.

The child shot himself in the hand on Van Block Avenue, according to NBC Connecticut.

Read the full NBC story here.

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