The father and daughter were treated for their injuries in hospital following the shooting.
The 4-year-old found her father's handgun at a property in Milwaukee, near 61st Street and Morgan Avenue, and fired it around 10:15 a.m. on Sunday,The girl and her 33-year-old father received hospital treatment, but didn't sustain life threatening injuries and are expected to recover. The father was arrested after lying about the details of the shooting, and prosecutors are due to decide whether to press charges, according to police.
:"I think it's sad because first of all, if you're going to have a gun, OK sure, fine whatever. But you should have the proper storage container for it, like a lock box or some sort of something for it for the safety of yourself and your children." Deborah Rodriguez, also a local resident, said she found the shooting which happened near a local school"really disheartening." She told CBS58:"It's really sad considering that we do have students that come in and out. It is a fairly safe and quiet neighborhood, so to hear that our children are being affected by the gun violence in our city. So as a school counselor, as a parent, it truly just tugs at my heart.
She also urged gun owners to speak to their children about safety measures, and highlighted that around one third of households with children aged 17 or under have a firearm in the home.Teach them that the guns they see in their home are different than the guns they see on TV or in games—that if they do see a gun, they should never touch it. Always get an adult, and let the adult know, 'Here the gun is.
The latest available figures from 2016 show 20,360 children and teens died in the U.S. that year, according to research published in theA child in Wisconsin accidentally shot herself and her father. A stock image shows a handgun.
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