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Last updated on Wednesday, October 1, 2014
(INDIANAPOLIS) - An Indianapolis mother is being charged with neglect after her 3-year-old son shot himself in the hand Monday.
IMPD was called to the 9000 block of 39th Place around 3 p.m. Tuesday to the report of a person shot. Officers arrived to find the child with a gunshot wound to his hand.
The child's injuries were not life-threatening and he was taken to Riley Hospital for treatment.
According to IMPD, 31-year-old Arnita Wilson, the child's mother, left a loaded handgun under the couch cushions. The child removed the gun from the couch and shot himself in the hand.
Wilson faces preliminary charges of neglect.
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