Man Says 2 Year Old Son Took Gun From Mom's Purse & Shot Him

[matcom]

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A 24-year-old man with a gunshot wound in his arm walked into Abbott Northwestern Hospital for help and pointed the finger at an unexpected suspect: his 2-year-old son.

Minneapolis police say that Detrick D. Jiles told officers that the boy, whose name police did not release, had taken the gun from his mother's purse and fired it at Jiles.

"I cannot think of the last time a 2-year-old was involved in a shooting," Lt. Amelia Huffman, a police spokeswoman, said Tuesday. "It's a pretty rare thing, thankfully."

An investigation has been opened to determine whether there was child endangerment by the parents because a child apparently was able to reach a gun.

The type of gun involved wasn't disclosed.

Reached by phone at the duplex where the shooting allegedly occurred, a man who identified himself as Jiles denied that anything had happened Saturday or that he had been shot.

According to police, Jiles was treated and later released.

Police were alerted about 9:30 a.m. Saturday, when Jiles showed up at the hospital.

http://www.startribune.com/467/story/1068661.html

[Coventina]

1. Was the victim's name Mr. Burns?

Bad Maggie!!

:D