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Child shot with unsecured gun in South Fulton
Police are investigating after a child was shot in a South Fulton home after finding an unsecured gun. This is the third such incident this year, police say.
SOUTH FULTON, Ga. - The South Fulton Police Department confirmed Wednesday morning a child shot themselves with a gun found under a bed.
South Fulton police went to the 200 block of Misty Walk and found a 3-year-old child with a gunshot wound.
Police said the 3-year-old found an unsecured weapon under a bed and fired the gun.
The child was shot in the abdomen and taken to an area hospital. They were "upbeat and smiling," heading into surgery.
South Fulton police went to the 200 block of Misty Walk and found a 3-year-old child with a gunshot wound. (FOX 5 Atlanta)
According to South Fulton police, this is the third incident like this just this year alone, four including last year. Two of those incidents resulted in deaths.
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