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Jan. 26th, 2005 06:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselkingA two-year-old Mesa County child was injured Tuesday after picking up and firing a loaded .357-caliber Magnum handgun.
Deputies were called to a shooting in the 600 block of 31½ Road and found the toddler had not been shot, but was injured by the powerful pistol's recoil.
According to their investigation, the child was brought to the residence with a parent to visit friends and wandered into a back bedroom of the home. The child found the loaded .357 handgun in an unlocked drawer, picked it up and pulled the trigger.
The bullet went through a wall of the residence, but did not hit anyone.
The incident prompted the Mesa County Sheriff's Office to issue a reminder of a few safety tips involving weapons in residences.
Deputies were called to a shooting in the 600 block of 31½ Road and found the toddler had not been shot, but was injured by the powerful pistol's recoil.
According to their investigation, the child was brought to the residence with a parent to visit friends and wandered into a back bedroom of the home. The child found the loaded .357 handgun in an unlocked drawer, picked it up and pulled the trigger.
The bullet went through a wall of the residence, but did not hit anyone.
The incident prompted the Mesa County Sheriff's Office to issue a reminder of a few safety tips involving weapons in residences.