{"id":99393,"date":"2023-09-28T11:44:28","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T11:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=99393"},"modified":"2023-09-28T11:44:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T11:44:28","slug":"horror-moment-girl-3-shoots-herself-after-picking-up-an-unattended-gun-as-family-member-watched-football-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/world-news\/horror-moment-girl-3-shoots-herself-after-picking-up-an-unattended-gun-as-family-member-watched-football-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Horror moment girl, 3, shoots herself after picking up an unattended gun as family member watched football | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
A THREE-YEAR-OLD girl accidentally shot herself in a horrifying ordeal after picking up an unattended firearm.<\/p>\n
The nightmarish event was caught on CCTV and shows the tot – named Serenity – shoot herself in the hand.<\/p>\n
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The toddler sustained a serious injury and required surgery.<\/p>\n
The alarming ordeal occurred in her Florida home, and just moments before it happened she had been watching TV with a relative.<\/p>\n
Serenity was treated at Nicklaus Children's Hospital\u00a0where she stayed for three nights before returning home to recover.<\/p>\n
The girls grandma, Robin Fuller, has posted the chilling video on Facebook and captioned it: "Video of when my granddaughter shot her self at her OTHER GRANDMA HOUSE."<\/p>\n
A 23-year-old relative Orlando Young – has been arrested in connection to the unattended gun.<\/p>\n Young is now facing charges of child neglect resulting in great bodily harm but was released on bond on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n The relative was watching football on TV at a home in the 11000 block of Southwest 220th Terrace, according to WSVN.\u00a0<\/p>\n The shocking video shows Serenity running to the couch and grabbing the gun that was left on it.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Just seconds later it fires and she can be seen doubled over in pain and cradling her hand whilst her relative rushes over to console her.<\/p>\n Her four-year-old brother was close by and can be seen covering his ears after he hears the loud noise.<\/p>\n The toddlers were supposedly being minded by her other grandma, Fuller told\u00a0WSVN, but only Serenity, Young and the disabled adult were witnessed in the video.\u00a0<\/p>\n In the video Young can be seen jumping up off the sofa to celebrate a touch down when the gun catches Serenity's eye.<\/p>\n The little girl then begins to play with the firearm before she accidentally pulls the trigger and it shoots into her hand.<\/p>\n Another woman features in the video and appears sitting on the sofa but she is disabled and reportedly cannot move.<\/p>\n The police were told by Young that he only left his gun on the seat for a short time period while he was watching the game.<\/p>\n Fuller has publicly shamed the other grandma who was responsible for Serenity that day and has accused her of negligence.<\/p>\n Despite her devastation Fuller recognises the outcome could have been far worse.<\/p>\n "It could've been worse than this," she said.<\/p>\n She added: "They are trying to save the finger so we are just going to pray that the blood flow goes back through.<\/p>\n "The police arrived because I called the police myself when I received the phone call and eventually the police arrived and they asked, 'Where is the baby?'"<\/p>\n Footage of Serenity shows her in a hospital bed smiling with a bandaged hand.<\/p>\n The traumatised grandmother said: "I don't want them over there ever again."<\/p>\n Young was in court on Monday and is expected to return again on a separate charge for fighting with a fellow prisoner, according to WSVN.<\/p>\n The Department of Children and Families (DCF) told WSVN: "The Department conducts investigations concerning all allegations of abuse, neglect, or abandonment. <\/p>\n "Information regarding investigations is confidential per section 39.202, Florida Statutes."<\/p>\n Tragically this is one of many incidents in which curious children have stumbled upon an unattended gun. <\/p>\n According to The Trace this year 162 children\u00a0under 13 shot themselves or another child with an unsecured gun.<\/p>\n<\/picture>KNIFE HORROR <\/span><\/p>\n
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