A Detroit woman who claimed a robber shot her 4-year-old child later confessed that she accidentally pulled the trigger while cleaning her gun, authorities said.
Summary
- A Detroit woman who claimed a robber shot her 4-year-old child later confessed that she accidentally pulled the trigger while cleaning her gun, authorities said.
- The mother initially told officers someone opened fire outside an apartment after unsuccessfully trying to snatch her purse, hitting the child twice.
- The mother said she shot the child in the arm and the leg, according to NBC affiliate WDIV of Detroit.
- Nearly 500 people die each year due to unintentional firearm injuries, according to the Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence.
- The organization says safe storage of firearms can help lower the risk of unintentional firearm injury.