Fort Wayne Man Faces Negligence Charges After Son Accidentally Shoots Himself – WOWO 1190 AM

FORT WAYNE, Indiana (WOWO) – Dauris Anderson, 29, faces charges of neglect after his 9-year-old son shot himself in January this year.

Partner news at ABC 21 report On January 23, a boy told police he found a 9-year-old boy with a gunshot wound lying on the garage floor, according to court documents. The 9-year-old boy later told police he went into the garage to play with the gun, which he had played with before and found it under the sofa. He then pulls the trigger and accidentally shoots himself.

Anderson said he left the three children at his grandmother’s house to go grocery shopping, and that the guns in the house belonged to him. 47, which contained three rifles and ammunition.

In 2019, one of the other three children was shot in the hand while trying to get a gun from his younger brother, who said he would shoot him for punching him in the stomach, according to court documents. shown. The gun was in a box in the bedroom.