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Middletown father pleads guilty after child accidentally shoots self while playing with gun

Middletown father pleads guilty after child accidentally shoots self while playing with gun
WE ARE TALKING SOMETIME IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER. KELLY: BRIAN HAMRICK REPORTING TO US LIVE, AND UPDATES TO COME, THANK YOU. A FIVE-YEAOLR-D IS RECOVERING AFTER GETTING HI HSANDS ON AUN G AND SHOOTING HIMSELF. MIDDLETOWN POLICE SAY THIS HAPPENED ON 10 ATHVENUE. THE CHILD FOUND THE GUN IN HIS FATHER’S ROOM, HE STARTED PLAYING WITH IT AND SHOT HIMSELF IN THE LEG. FERN
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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.

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.

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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.