Court docs: Father charged after infant shot by 5-year-old sibling
A 7-month-old infant is recovering in the hospital after being shot by their sibling in West Price Hill, according to Cincinnati police.
It happened along Sunset Avenue at an apartment around 10 p.m. on Saturday.
Police tell 바카라게임 that a 5-year-old fired the shot, hitting the infant in the thigh.
The 7-month-old was rushed to Cincinnati Children's Hospital. It was not immediately clear what their condition is.
Court documents say that the 22-year-old father of the children, Martez Jones, was subsequently arrested and booked into the Hamilton County Justice Center early Sunday morning.
Police allege that Jones left a loaded and functional handgun on the windowsill of the bedroom that was occupied by his three children as he left to use the bathroom.
When he came back, one of Jones' children had shot the other.
Jones also has another 4-year-old child who was present in the room at the time.
Jones is being charged with child endangerment, a felony of the third degree.
Upon questioning, police say that Jones admitted to leaving the loaded gun out on the windowsill while his children were alone in the room without supervision.
Jones is set to be arraigned in court Monday morning.