A 4-year-old boy shot himself Friday evening at a DeKalb County apartment complex after finding a weapon, police said.
The shooting happened at the Woods of Decatur apartments on Tregoney Drive at about 7:10 p.m. At the scene, officers said they found the child with a gunshot wound to his foot.
The boy was taken to a hospital for injuries not considered life-threatening, police said.
Detectives “believe it was an accidental shooting after the child found an unsecured weapon,” a police spokesperson said.
Several adults were in the apartment when the gunfire occurred, police said. As of Tuesday, no one had been charged.
On Wednesday evening, a 2-year-old was hospitalized after being shot in a northwest Atlanta neighborhood, police said. The preliminary investigation indicates that shooting may have been self-inflicted after the child accidentally fired the gun.
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