Toddler hospitalized after being shot late Wednesday night

By LAWREN LINEHAN LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

April 21, 2016 - 1:20 pm

Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

A toddler has nonlife-threatening injuries after being shot Wednesday night, Las Vegas police said.

Metro received a call about 4 a.m. Thursday from Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center regarding a juvenile, 3½, who was shot. Arriving officers determined that the shooting may have happened about 11 p.m. Wednesday and was the result of the child’s father accidentally discharging a handgun that was in his pocket.

The shooting happened near a car wash at Spring Mountain Road and Decatur Boulevard, police said.

Abuse and neglect detectives are investigating.

Contact Lawren Linehan at llinehan@reviewjournal.com or at 702-383-0391. Find @lawrenlinehan on Twitter.

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