A weekend shooting at Western Avenue in Waterville has left a 2-year-old boy in critical condition.
According to WGME, he was shot in the head Saturday (Jan. 2) when a sibling found a gun secured in a closet, loaded it, and a round was fired.
#UPDATE Maine State Police says a 2-year-old boy is in critical condition after he was shot in the head Saturday afternoon in Watervillehttps://t.co/lZpIvF85AC
— CBS 13 News (@WGME) January 3, 2021
The 2 y/o is now in critical condition at Maine Med. @MEStatePolice tells me they’re still investigating.
There’s now this GoFundMe page for the family. https://t.co/YW0fHONrYq
— Blair Best (@BlairWGME) January 4, 2021
Friends rally around family of 2-year-old Maine boy shot in head https://t.co/qptvwOVCr0
— WMTW TV (@WMTWTV) January 4, 2021
Over the weekend a 2-year-old boy was shot in Waterville, that incident is still under investigation but today, @MEStatePolice Lt. Jason Madore spoke with me about gun safety and what gun owners should do to keep their families safe #NEWSCENTERmaine pic.twitter.com/IeqtVPFZDZ
— Jackie Mundry (@j_mundry) January 4, 2021