BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A 2-year-old Battle Creek boy is expected to be okay after shooting himself in the butt with his father's gun.
According to the Battle Creek Police, it happened around 4 p.m. A 26-year-old man brought his son to Bronson Hospital with a gun shot wound to his buttocks.
The father told investigators he was home with his son, playing a video game and had his gun on the couch next to him. His son was sleeping at the time, but when the father got up to use the bathroom -- he heard a shot in the house.
He went to check on the situation and found his son was injured and immediately took him to the hospital.
The toddler had non-life threatening injuries and was moved to a hospital in Kalamazoo for further treatment. He is expected to get out in the next day or two.
The investigation into how the boy was shot continues, police said in a release Friday. Charges against the father will be depend on whether investigators find and range the carelessness and reckless use of the gun, reckless discharge of a firearm up to child neglect or abuse.
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