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Father indicted after infant was shot by 5-year-old sibling in West Price Hill

Father indicted after infant was shot by 5-year-old sibling in West Price Hill
THIS INCIDENT DOES REMAIN UNDER INVESTIGATION. A SEVEN MONTH OLD GIRL IS IN THE HOSPITAL AT THIS NOON, HOUR AFTER POLICE SAY HER FIVE YEAR OLD BROTHER SHOT HER WITH THEIR FATHER바카라 게임 웹사이트S GUN. 바카라게임 NEWS FIVE바카라 게임 웹사이트S TODD TODD -- IS LIVE AT THE HAMILTON COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER, WHERE THEIR FATHER, MARTEZ JONES, WILL BE ARRAIGNED IN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES OR SO. TODD. YES, STEVEN AND MEGAN, THE SUSPECT IN THIS CASE, 22 YEAR OLD MARTEZ JONES, LIVES IN CORALVILLE, ACCORDING TO COURT RECORDS. BUT THE SHOOTING INCIDENT HAPPENED SATURDAY NIGHT IN A HOUSE ON SUNSET AVENUE IN WEST PRICE HILL. POLICE SAY JONES ADMITTED TO LEAVING A LOADED HANDGUN ON THE WINDOWSILL OF AN APARTMENT IN WEST PRICE HILL AS HE WENT TO THE BATHROOM. HIS THREE CHILDREN WERE IN THE SAME ROOM AS THAT GUN WHEN JONES CAME BACK. POLICE SAY THAT HIS FIVE YEAR OLD CHILD HAD SHOT HIS SEVEN MONTH OLD IN THE THIGH. THE LITTLE GIRL WAS RUSHED TO CHILDREN바카라 게임 웹사이트S HOSPITAL, WHERE SHE REMAINS. WE ARE TRYING TO FIND OUT THE LATEST ON HER CONDITION. A FOUR YEAR OLD WHO WAS ALSO IN THE ROOM WAS NOT HURT. SHOOTING A BABY IS SHOT. SUNSET AVENUE ARE NOW GETTING INFO. IT바카라 게임 웹사이트S POSSIBLY GOING TO BE A SEVEN MONTH OLD. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REPORTS SAYING IT바카라 게임 웹사이트S GOING TO BE A FIVE YEAR OLD. DEFINITELY SHOT A SEVEN MONTH OLD. AND YOU CAN HEAR FROM THAT EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION JUST HOW QUICKLY ARRIVING OFFICERS AND MEDICS FIGURED OUT WHAT HAD TAKEN PLACE. MARTEZ JONES, CURRENTLY HERE AT THE JUSTICE CENTER. NO BOND SET AT THIS. NO BOND AMOUNT HAS BEEN SET AT THIS POINT. HE IS SET TO BE ARRAIGNED COMING UP AT 1230. AND WE WILL, OF COURSE, HAVE THAT ARRAIGNMENT COVERED FOR YOU. FOR NOW, REPORTING LIVE DOWNTOWN HERE IN CINCINNATI. TODD -
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Father indicted after infant was shot by 5-year-old sibling in West Price Hill
A West Price Hill man has been indicted after his 7-month old daughter was shot by another child of his last month.It happened on April 19, when a 5-year-old child found a loaded gun and fired a shot, hitting the infant in the leg. The child was rushed to Cincinnati Children's Hospital for treatment.Investigators said the father of the children, 22-year-old Martez Jones, left the gun within reach of the 5-year-old.Jones, who investigators say was present during the shooting, has been charged with three counts of child endangering."Thankfully the infant was not more seriously harmed," Hamilton County Prosecutor Connie Pillich said. "This shows that no gun should ever be within reach of a child, not even for what seems like a brief period. Tragic gun incidents take only seconds to unfold."

A West Price Hill man has been indicted after his 7-month old daughter was shot by another child of his last month.

It happened on April 19, when a 5-year-old child found a loaded gun and fired a shot, hitting the infant in the leg.

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The child was rushed to Cincinnati Children's Hospital for treatment.

Investigators said the father of the children, 22-year-old Martez Jones, left the gun within reach of the 5-year-old.

Jones, who investigators say was present during the shooting, has been charged with three counts of child endangering.

"Thankfully the infant was not more seriously harmed," Hamilton County Prosecutor Connie Pillich said. "This shows that no gun should ever be within reach of a child, not even for what seems like a brief period. Tragic gun incidents take only seconds to unfold."