Overview
- Officers responded just before 10:30 p.m. Thursday to a home in the 700 block of Wilbron Avenue in West Baltimore for a reported shooting.
- Police found the 3-year-old inside with a gunshot wound to his ankle and took him to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
- Investigators say the child shot himself using a gun owned by a 17-year-old relative, and charges against the teen are pending.
- Maryland law requires a person to be at least 21 and have a handgun qualification license to legally own a handgun, according to the state.
- The case remains under investigation, and police asked anyone with information to call 410-396-2477 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 866-7LOCKUP.