WARREN (WWJ) -- A 2-year-old boy remains hospitalized after find a gun and shooting himself over the weekend.
In a press release, Warren Police said their officers and fire units were called to a home on Edgemont, near Stephens and Hoover, at around 6 p.m. Saturday for a toddler who had shot himself. When they arrived, officers and fire crews found the 2-and-a-half-year-old boy had a gunshot wound to his stomach area. Warren Fire crews rushed the child to the hospital while police blocked intersections along the way.
At last check; the child was in stable condition and “responsive and alert", police said.
According to police; a 42-year-old woman was babysitting the child at her home on Edgemont where the shooting occurred.
Authorities said the woman is a licensed CPL holder who had two handguns.
“While babysitting, it is believed that the babysitter left the handguns unsecured in an area accessible to the child,” the release said. “The (child) was able to access one of the handguns and shoot himself in the stomach.”
Police did not say if she’s related to the toddler.
Investigators are “examining details” regarding the safe and secure storage of the guns.
“As of this point, it does not appear that more serious foul play was involved,” police said in the release.
The child’s mother was at the hospital with him, according to police.
Investigators are expected to give an update during a press conference on Monday afternoon. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call Detective Rudin with the Warren Police Department at 586-574-4782.