Middletown father pleads guilty after child accidentally shoots self while playing with gun
A Middletown father pleaded guilty months after his 5-year-old child shot himself in the leg while playing with a gun.
It happened on April 27 around 7:11 p.m. when the Middletown police said officers responded to the 800 block of 10th Avenue for a report of a gunshot wound.
Authorities said, arriving officers found the child suffering from a gunshot wound and that the child was transported to the Atrium Medical Center for treatment.
Middletown police said they discovered the child was playing with a gun that he found in the bedroom of his father, 31-year-old Fernando Enamorado, before accidentally shooting himself in the leg.
Enamorado was charged with endangering a child, a fourth degree felony. The maximum sentence for the charge is 18 months and a maximum fine of $5,000.
He pleaded guilty to the charge on Tuesday. He will have a sentencing hearing on Oct. 31.