Police announced today that they are still considering filing charges against an unidentified 21-year old in White Township, Pennsylvania, who accidentally shot his four-month old son with a 9-mm handgun.  The boy suffered significant injuries after being hit in the upper body, but is expected to survive.

At the time of the shooting, the boy’s parents immediately notified a neighbor who called emergency services.  “Troopers do not have any reason to believe that this was an intentional discharge of the firearm,” a Pennsylvania State Police news release said.

Source:

Jonathan D. Silver, “Police Believe Indiana County Man, 21, Shot Own Baby by Accident,” Pittsburgh Post Gazette (February 3, 2020).