Mom arrested after boy shoots self with gun, MDSO says
Investigators said the boy's mother called 911 after hearing a popping sound and then finding him with a gunshot wound.
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Investigators said the boy's mother called 911 after hearing a popping sound and then finding him with a gunshot wound.
Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz expressed pride in the officers who arrested the teen within 24 hours of the shooting.
MDSO says that the 15-year-old boy was walking with a 16-year-old when someone opened fire from a vehicle, striking the 15-year-old.
CBS News Miami's Ted Scouten reports from Fort Lauderdale, where family and detectives reacted to the arrests of three men in the shooting of a three-year-old child.
CBS News Miami's Ted Scouten reports from Fort Lauderdale, where police announced three more arrests in the fatal shooting of a 3-year-old child shot at a park.
The child's great-grandmother says she believes the shooting was a tragic accident and is thankful the boy was not more seriously injured.
A 33-year-old mother is facing criminal charges after her 2-year-old son accidentally shot himself in the leg with a handgun retrieved from her purse, Miami Gardens police said.
It happened shortly before 11 a.m., Saturday in the area of NW 16th Street and 6th Avenue. The Broward Sheriff's Office has not revealed the boy's age or the shooter.
Lauderhill police are investigating after a child was shot around 9:30 p.m., as they were walking down NW 55th Avenue and 25th Court when someone shot them.
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Officers found the child in a backyard with gunshot wounds, Florida City Police told CBS News Miami.
The shooting happened near 1329 NW 6th Ave., where officers found the child in a backyard with gunshot wounds, Florida City Police told CBS News Miami.
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