By Jason Hall
May 12, 2021
A New England couple was injured after their 2-year-old son accidentally shot them with a handgun Wednesday (May 12) morning.
The Sagadahoc County Sheriff s Office confirms the mother, 22, experienced a leg would while the father, 25, was shot in the head, while the child was struck in the face by the recoil of the weapon at their West Bath, Maine home,
The department said the gun was sitting on a night stand when the child picked it up and shot his parents. All three individuals were transported to Mid Coast Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, Sheriff
Joel Merry confirmed.
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2-year-old shoots parents inside home, sheriff says
The incident was reported just before 8 a.m. on New Meadows Road.
Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry said the child picked up the gun that was on a nightstand and shot his mother and father.
The mother, 22, suffered a leg wound, and the father, 25, was shot in the head, Merry said
The boy was struck in the face by the recoil of the weapon.
All three were transported to Mid Coast Hospital. The injuries are not considered life-threatening, he said.
“The question of how the boy was able to pick up and fire the weapon is of great concern and is being investigated. This situation, while disturbing, could have had an even more tragic ending. We are thankful that the injuries were not more serious,” Merry said.
Parents injured in West Bath after 2-year-old son fires unsecured handgun, sheriff says
“The question of how the boy was able to pick up and fire the weapon is of great concern and is being investigated, Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry said.
Credit: NBC Published: 1:52 PM EDT May 12, 2021 Updated: 1:56 PM EDT May 12, 2021
WEST BATH, Maine A 2-year-old boy and his parents were transported to Mid Coast Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries Wednesday morning after the boy allegedly picked up an unsecured handgun and fired it.
According to a release from Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry, deputies responded to a home at 109 New Meadows Road in West Bath just before 8 a.m. A Bath police officer immediately responded as well, along with Bath, West Bath, and Brunswick EMS, according to Merry.