Elkhart Police investigating report of five-year-old accidentally shooting himself
Posted: Nov 16, 2022 3:12 PM EDT
ELKHART, Ind. - The Elkhart Police Department is investigating after a five-year-old boy reportedly shot himself accidentally in the arm on Wednesday morning.
At 7:46 a.m., 911 received a call about a shooting with injuries in the 400 block of E. Simonton St.
Officers arrived at the scene and learned the five-year-old accidentally shot himself in the lower arm with a firearm that was inside the residence, reports said.
No other injuries were reported.
The juvenile was taken to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
The Indiana Department of Child Services was notified, per protocol.
The firearm was taken into evidence.
This is an ongoing investigation.