{"id":80929,"date":"2016-07-12T21:30:54","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T01:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=80929"},"modified":"2016-07-12T21:31:16","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T01:31:16","slug":"seattle-toddler-injured-after-handling-loaded-handgun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/seattle-toddler-injured-after-handling-loaded-handgun\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Toddler Injured After Handling Loaded Handgun"},"content":{"rendered":"
SEATTLE — Homicide detectives are investigating after a 2-year-old boy arrived at Harborview Medical Center (HMC) at 9:36 this morning with a gunshot wound.<\/p>\n
HMC staff called police to report that a boy was transported to the hospital by his mother and her boyfriend, and that the child was receiving emergency surgery. Fortunately, the child is expected to survive.<\/p>\n
The child\u2019s mother and her boyfriend told police that the child was injured in a motel room in the 8000 block of E. Marginal Way S.
\nHomicide and CSI detectives obtained a warrant and searched the room where the shooting occurred.<\/p>\n
After conducting extensive forensic investigation, and interviewing the child\u2019s mother and her boyfriend, detectives believe that the toddler\u2019s injuries were the result of the child handling a loaded handgun.<\/p>\n
Detectives will be pursuing a felony weapons violation against the mother\u2019s boyfriend. He is a convicted felon and not allowed to possess firearms.<\/p>\n
SPD \/ Detective Patrick Michaud<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SEATTLE — Homicide detectives are investigating after a 2-year-old boy arrived at Harborview Medical Center (HMC) at 9:36 this morning with a gunshot wound. HMC staff called police to report that a boy was transported to the hospital by his mother and her boyfriend, and that the child was receiving emergency surgery. Fortunately, the child […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5409,"featured_media":69520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n