A Wichita woman has pleaded guilty to child endangerment after a 2-year-old shot her in the foot.
Kianna Nweji, 22, pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated endangerment of a child and one count of possession of marijuana.
The incident took place on Jan. 12, in the 1200 block of N. Lorraine. Officers were called and found the woman in the home suffering from a gunshot would to her foot. She was transported to an area hospital following the shooting.
Investigators said Nweji and her partner, Marlon Jones, who was also charged in the case, were lying in bed when their two-year-old accidentally shot Nweji in the foot.
Police allege Jones took the gun from the house to the nearby home of an acquaintance.
Officers later located the gun, an AR-15, in the acquaintance’s home and discovered that it didn’t belong to anyone in the residence, and the residents didn’t know how it got there.
Sentencing for Nweji was set for September 13. The next court appearance for Jones is on August. 17.