Toddler Shoots Both Parents Inside West Bath Home
Police are investigating the accidental shooting of a man and a woman by their two year old son.
According to WMTW, the incident happened at around 8 o clock Wednesday (May 12th) morning at a home on New Meadows Road in West Bath.
According to Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry, the toddler picked up the gun, which was laying on a nightstand, and shot the couple. The 22 year old mother was shot in the leg. The 25 year old father was shot in the head. Both parents, and the child, were transported to Mid Coast Hospital. It has been reported that their injuries were not life threatening.
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Bath 2-Year-Old Injures Parents, Self with Gun From Nightstand
A West Bath couple and their 2-year-old child were injured when the child found a handgun on the parents nightstand.
The Sagadahoc County Sheriff s Office was called to the New Meadows Road home at around 8 a.m. Wednesday to a report of multiple people with gunshot wounds. When they arrived, they found the 22-year-old woman with a wound on her leg, and the 25-year-old father with a minor injury to the back of his head. The child suffered a facial injury from the recoil of the weapon.
All three were transported to Mid Coast Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. According to the Sheriff s Department, the child walked into the parents bedroom, saw the unsecured handgun on the bedside table, picked it up and fired it.