7-year old child recovering after accidentally shooting himself in Charlotte home
A 7-year old child is recovering after accidentally shooting himself at his Charlotte home Sunday.
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Police responded to a home at the 600 block of Knight Court in southwest Charlotte around 3 p.m. for a call for injury with a deadly weapon.
Officers found a child with a gunshot wound after gaining access to a gun and accidentally shooting himself, according to a police report.
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The child was transported to Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries and has since been released, the report said.
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