5-year-old recovering after shooting accident in Philadelphia: police
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A 5-year-old child was rushed to a hospital after shooting himself in the leg.
The shooting, which police are calling accidental, happened early Thursday at a home in the city's Hunting Park neighborhood.
Police say the child was home with family, handling a gun, when the weapon discharged. The shot hit him in the thigh.
The boy was taken to St. Christopher's Hospital for Children and was in stable condition.
"The femoral artery wasn't struck, he didn't break his femur bone," Chief Inspector Scott Small said. "According to staff at the hospital, he is very, very lucky."
At this time, police are calling the shooting accidental and say the boy is lucky to be alive.
Investigators are working to find out how he got access to a gun.
District Attorney Larry Krasner called the 5-year-old's father a person of interest in the shooting. CBS3 has learned he is not allowed to have a gun.
