10-Year-Old Boy Accidentally Shot by His Babysitter While She Took Selfies with a Gun

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The Harris County Sheriff’s Office did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

Gonzalez added that Smith was arrested and charged with injury to a child — serious bodily injury, which is a second-degree felony.Jail recordsshow that she was booked on Wednesday and her bond was listed as $20,000.

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“Firearms are dangerous weapons so take precautions to make sure things like that don’t happen,” Harris County Senior Deputy Thomas Gilliland told CNN. “Taking selfies was not the best thing to be doing.”

source: people.com