Cape Cod Girl, 3, Shoots Herself With Father's Gun: Police

YARMOUTH, MA — A Cape Cod father is facing multiple charges after police said his 3-year-old daughter shot herself with his gun. The girl got hold of a .40-caliber handgun and shot herself in the hand, police said. She was hospitalized and expected to survive.

Police said they will charge her father, Nicholas Jenner, 30, with several crimes because the gun was not secured and he was not authorized to possess the gun in the first place.

Police said the child grabbed the gun from a nightstand in the bedroom she shares with her parents.

"The Yarmouth Police Department reminds everyone who has a firearm to be fully aware of the proper safety procedures and their legal storage requirements and all of the Massachusetts gun laws," police said in a statement. "The Yarmouth Police Department also extends our gratitude to the police officers and firefighters involved in this incident as well as all of the doctors and nurses at Cape Cod Hospital and in Boston who all came together — at Christmas — and helped save this child’s life."

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