Texas
A child was shot Friday night after he and another child somehow got ahold of a gun and it discharged
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DALLAS, TX — According to the statement, officers responded to the incident around 8:50 p.m. Friday on the 300 block of Buttercup Lane.
The boy’s father initially told officials the boy had been playing with the other child in a backyard before he came running inside saying he heard a gunshot and had been shot in his forearm, police said.
The 10-year-old boy was taken to a local medical facility for treatment and later released.
According to the police officials, they later determined that the two children had found the gun in the home and it had discharged, injuring the boy.
The police officers have not arrested anyone in the incident but say an offense did occur since allowing a child to access a firearm is against the law.