Alyssa
January 20th, 2004, 04:32 PM
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/01/20/miami_boy_3_shoots_self_with_fathers_gun/
Miami boy, 3, shoots self with father's gun
1/20/2004
MIAMI -- A 3-year-old Miami boy was in critical condition Tuesday after apparently shooting himself in the head with his father's gun, police said.
Travis Jenkins Sr. told police he left Travis Jenkins Jr. alone in a van Monday when he stopped at a friend's house. The boy found the gun in the vehicle's center console and shot himself, the father told police.
The bullet passed through the skull of the boy, who underwent surgery at a Miami hospital, police said.
Florida law requires gun owners to keep weapons away from children.
"The father has a concealed weapons permit which allows him to have a gun," said Herminia Salas-Jacobson, a Miami police spokeswoman. "But you have a responsibility to keep it away from a child. You have to keep it locked. You have to keep it safe."
No charges have been filed against the child's father.
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Miami boy, 3, shoots self with father's gun
1/20/2004
MIAMI -- A 3-year-old Miami boy was in critical condition Tuesday after apparently shooting himself in the head with his father's gun, police said.
Travis Jenkins Sr. told police he left Travis Jenkins Jr. alone in a van Monday when he stopped at a friend's house. The boy found the gun in the vehicle's center console and shot himself, the father told police.
The bullet passed through the skull of the boy, who underwent surgery at a Miami hospital, police said.
Florida law requires gun owners to keep weapons away from children.
"The father has a concealed weapons permit which allows him to have a gun," said Herminia Salas-Jacobson, a Miami police spokeswoman. "But you have a responsibility to keep it away from a child. You have to keep it locked. You have to keep it safe."
No charges have been filed against the child's father.
© Copyright 2004 Reuters. Reuters content is the intellectual property of Reuters or its third-party content providers. Any copying, republication, or redistribution of Reuters content, including by caching, framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters.