Child injures foot after accessing gun in Norfolk

NORFOLK, Va. – A man is facing charges after a 6-year-old boy got his hands on a gun and shot himself in the foot Sunday afternoon in Norfolk, police said.

Police were called to a home in the 400 block of Nicholson Street around 12:45 p.m

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Investigators say an adult left the gun unattended when the child picked it up and fired it. The child suffered a bullet wound in the toe and was taken to a local hospital for treatment.

Police have charged 20-year-old Trevon J. Kay of Portsmouth with reckless endangerment, possession of a stolen firearm and two counts of child neglect and abuse.

He is currently being held in the Norfolk City Jail without bond.

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