JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Jacksonville man was arrested after a shooting that sent a child to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries on Saturday.
Joshua Andrew Morgan, 32, was charged with child neglect with great bodily harm, and improper firearm storage for an incident that sent a small girl to Wolfson Children’s Hospital, police said.
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Inside a home, police found a pistol Morgan told police he had place on a kitchen table before going to bed. After a police report said the girl shot herself in the arm, police found the gun on the table next to a bag covered with blood. Police said the bag had an apparent bullet hole and a muzzle burn inside it.
According to Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office arrest report, Morgan spoke with police before being charged. He said he thought he had placed the gun out of reach of the “baby.”
Police said they discovered the gun after the shooting with the safety off and the magazine partially out.
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