2-Year-Old Critically Injured After Finding a Gun That a Teen Allegedly Discarded at Playground

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A Las Vegas toddler was critically injured after accidentally shooting herself with a gun that was discarded in the playground of a daycare, according to multiple reports.

The 2-year-old reportedly picked up the gun, which discharged, shooting the toddler, police said, according to theAssociated Press.

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“I mean, nobody expects their 2-year-old to be shot, this was completely a senseless act,” Tawnya Rosenthal, a friend of the toddler’s family, told FOX 5 Vegas.

Rosenthal told the outlet that the girl was placed in a medically induced coma and was shot in the chest, three inches from the heart.

The man shot on the city bus was also hospitalized, the AP reports.

source: people.com