BANGOR (AP) — Police in Bangor, Maine, say a 3- year-old child is hospitalized with a life-threatening injury following an apparent accidental shooting in the family’s apartment.
Authorities say they received a 911 call shortly before 5 p. m. Wednesday reporting a shooting at a Bald Mountain Drive apartment house. Officials say the child, whose name is not being released, was taken to Eastern Maine Medical Center with a single gunshot wound to the neck.
Sgt. Catherine Rumsey said Thursday the shooting appears to be accidental, and that police are continuing to investigate.
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