NEW YORK — 4 year-old Maykayla Manners accidentally shot herself in the face around 10 p.m. Monday evening at 484 Walnut Street. She is listed in critical condition.
The girl is in the intensive care unit and she underwent surgery Tuesday morning.
From PIX11: “Early Tuesday, Yonkers police remained at the scene investigating. Officers recovered a semi-automatic handgun at the scene, and are currently trying to track the weapon’s ownership history.
Police say the shooting appears to be accidental and self-inflicted, and no charges have been filed.”
The City of Yonkers Police Department has an anonymous gun tips hotline that can be reached at 914-377-GUNS. A $500 reward is given for the recovery of an illegal handgun. The Yonkers Police Department urges anyone with information on the location of an illegal handgun to call this number, this program is 100% anonymous.
Federal data from the Centers for Disease Control indicate that between 2007 and 2011, an average of 62 children age 14 and under died each year in unintentional shootings. By this measure, American children are sixteen times more likely to be killed in unintentional shootings than their peers in other high-income countries.
Yonkers is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of New York, and the most populous city in Westchester County, with a population of 195,976.
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