Boy, 4, finds sleeping dad’s gun, shoots him
BY BEN SCHMITT • FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER • November 26, 2008
Police spokesman James Tate said the father, 40, is in temporary serious condition at an area hospital after being struck once in the stomach.
Tate said the father fell asleep on a couch this afternoon at his home on the 19100 block of Danbury. The boy saw the gun under the pillow, grabbed it and it accidentally discharged around 2:30 p.m., Tate said.
“This appears to be accidental,” Tate said.
Police are still investigating.
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