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A 7-year old child is recovering after accidentally shooting himself at his Charlotte home Sunday.<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

Officers found a child with a gunshot wound after gaining access to a gun and accidentally shooting himself, according to a police report.<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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