5-Year-Old Boy Finds Gun, Shoots 3-Year-Old Girl

Police say that a 5-year-old playing with a gun shot and injured a
3-year-old girl in Colorado.

The girl was in critical condition but stable condition Monday after
the shooting. The Pueblo Chieftain reports that Pueblo policebelieve
two other children were playing with a handgun in the backyard of a
home.

Police say a 9-year-old boy got the handgun from the house and that a
5-year-old got the gun and pointed it at the girl. The gender of the
5-year-old was not disclosed.

The mother of the victim was home at the time and has not been
identified by police.

The child who shot the 3-year-old will not be charged with a crime.
But the gun owner, 22-year-old Adrian Chavez, was arrested and faces
child abuse charges.