8-year-old boy shot himself in the head with a parental pistol: his father was arrested

An 8-year-old boy from the Bronx shot himself in the head with a gun from his father, who he found in the family's apartment. The details of the incident were told by the publication ABC7NY.

The incident took place at Fordham Hill Oval in Fordham Manor at around 12:30 pm on 18 January.

The child's father, 43-year-old Rajon Grant, was arrested on the evening of the same day. He is accused of illegal possession of weapons and endangering the well-being of the child.

An unlicensed 0,9mm pistol was stored in a safe in a closet, but it is unclear whether the closet or safe was locked.

The boy was taken to hospital in critical but stable condition. On Monday night he underwent surgery. According to doctors' forecasts, the child will survive. Fortunately, the bullet did not pierce his skull.

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Family neighbor Eric King said he was streaming the Knicks game live for a Facebook group when there was a knock on his apartment door. They turned out to be two other children from the family of the injured boy.

“I didn't hear the shot,” he said. - My TV was loud because I was broadcasting a Knicks game. But I heard crying and screaming, and then - a furious knock on the door. "

King rushed to the neighbors' apartment, where he saw the wounded boy. He was lying on the floor with open eyes, there was a lot of blood, the child did not react in any way to those around him. King then ran to his apartment to call 911.

Fernando Cabrera, a resident of the house, described the scene outside the building.

“I came to drop off my wife near the house, and suddenly I saw ambulances and police coming here, they were coming from everywhere,” he said.

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Police said the boy's mother was in the same house at the time of the incident, but in a different apartment. Neighbors said that the woman was shocked by what had happened.

Father was not at home, but upon learning of the incident, he hurried home.

King says his neighbors are "good parents."

“It may have been an accidental negligence where the weapon was not properly hidden,” he said.

The investigation into the incident continues.