Warrant: 3-year-old shot, Durham police investigating

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NEW AT 5 O'CLOCK DURHAM.

POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE

SHOOTING OF A 3 YEAR-OLD BOY.

THE CHILD WAS TAKEN TO THE

HOSPITAL. NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN

FILED.

>> THE BUREAU'S MONICA CASEY IS

COVERING THIS STORY AND JOINS

US LIVE FROM DURHAM. MONICA,

THIS CHILD ACCIDENTALLY SHOT

HIMSELF. WHAT ELSE DO WE KNOW

ABOUT THIS CASE?

>> WELL, JERROLD, WE HAVE

COVERED A LOT OF CASES LIKE

THIS SINGER AND RECENTLY IN

THIS ONE, ACCORDING TO THAT

WARRANT, THE 9-1-1 CALL IN THIS

CASE DID NOT ORIGINALLY COM FOR

A GUNSHOT WOUND.

>> LOUD BANG AND A FLASH.

THAT'S WHAT A WOMAN SAYS SHE

SAW AND HEARD WHILE BABYSITTING

A 3 YEAR-OLD IN HER APARTMENT

ON FEBRUARY. 10TH, ACCORDING

TO THIS WAR, THE 9-1-1 CALLER

SAID, QUOTE, A 3 YEAR-OLD MALE

HAD PUT A TOOL INTO A SOCKET

THAT IT EXPLODED AND THAT THERE

IS A LOT OF BLOOD. BUT THAT'S

NOT WHAT EMS FOUND ON THE

CHILD. THE INJURIES TO HIS HAND

WERE DETERMINED TO BE A GUNSHOT

WOUND. THE WARRANT SAYS POLICE

WENT BACK TO THAT APARTMENT TO

INTERVIEW THE BABYSITTER.

SHE SAID SHE AND HER HUSBAND DO

NOT HAVE CHILDREN AND HE KEEPS

THE GUN ON THE NIGHTSTAND.

HOWEVER, THE WARRANT SAYS TODAY

SHE DID NOT TELL HIM THAT SHE

WOULD BE BABYSITTING THE

VICTIM. THIS BOY IS THE 4TH

CHILD TO SHOOT HIMSELF WITH AN

UNSECURED GUN IN DURHAM IN 9

MONTHS. BUT IT'S NOT JUST A

DURHAM ISSUE. FIREARM REMAINS

THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH.

THE MOMENT, CAROL MEANS THAT

CHILDREN, THE NORTH CAROLINA

CHILD FATALITY TASK FORCE IS

PUSHING TO STRENGTHEN THE CHILD

ACCESS PREVENTION LAW.

>> RIGHT NOW, IT ONLY APPLIES

TO PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITH A

MINOR. SO WHAT WE'RE REALLY

TALKING ABOUT THEIR SITUATIONS

LIKE BABYSITTER, GRANDPARENTS

AND OTHERS DO RESIDE IN THE

CHILD.

>> BUT TO EXPECT TO HAVE

CHILDREN IN THEIR HOME.

>> NOW, THE ADULT WHO WAS

BABYSITTING THAT CHILD IS NAMED

IN THE WARRANT. BUT WE ARE NOT

NAMING THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE

NOT BEEN CHARGED WITH ANYTHING.

DURHAM POLICE SAY RIGHT NOW

THEY ARE STILL INVESTIGATING

LIVE IN DURHAM, MONICA CASEY,

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THANK YOU.

>> THE WRAL DOCUMENTARY UNIT

HAS EXAMINED THAT HOLD A GUN

VIOLENCE HAS HAD ON CHILDREN IN

THIS STATE. YOU CAN SEE ARE