Clayton parents could face charges after son shot daughter
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STORY WE WILL MONITOR FOR YOU
AND THE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE
MAYOR WILL HAPPEN TOMORROW AT
8:00 A.M.
>>>, TONIGHT, THE POLICE CHIEF
IS CALLING ON ALL DONE HOURS TO
SECURE THEIR FIREARMS AS THE
DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATES THE
SHOOTING OF A 2-YEAR-OLD GIRL.
IT APPEARS TO BE ACCIDENTAL BUT
THE INVESTIGATION IS STILL
UNDERWAY.
JOE FISHER BROUGHT US THIS AT
NOON AND UPDATES US TONIGHT.
>> Reporter: MEDICS RUSHED A 2-
YEAR-OLD GIRL TO WAKE MED WHERE
SHE REMAINS TONIGHT IN SERIOUS
CONDITION, THE FAMILIES NEXT-
DOOR NEIGHBOR TELLS ME THEY
HEARD A SINGLE, LOUD GUNSHOT
AND NOW THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD
IS HOPING AND PRAYING THIS
LITTLE GIRL PULLS THROUGH.
DETECTIVES AND CLAYTON ARE
INVESTIGATING THE SHOOTING OF A
2-YEAR-OLD DROP THE HANDS OF
HER BROTHER AS AN ACCIDENT.
>> IT'S TERRIBLE FOR ANY PARENT
TO GO THROUGH.
>> PHILIP DIDN'T HEAR THAT
GUNSHOT BUT HE SAW POLICE CARS
AND AMBULANCES RACED INTO THE
HOME AROUND 11:00 THIS MORNING.
>> I WAS INSIDE THE HOUSE.
>> Reporter: IT WAS INSIDE A
HOME A FEW HOUSES DOWN WHERE
POLICE SAY THAT 9-YEAR-OLD BOY
GOT HIS HANDS ON THE TUMMY
AUTOMATIC HANDGUN, HE FIRED IT,
HITTING HIS 2-YEAR-OLD SISTER
IN THE HEAD.
>> ONE SECOND, EVERYONE'S
HAVING A GOOD TIME IN THE NEXT
SECOND, IT IS TRAGEDY.
>> Reporter: THE MOTHER WAS
HOME WITH THREE KIDS WHILE THE
FATHER WAS AT WORK.
IT IS STILL UNCLEAR WHAT
HAPPENED IN THE MOMENTS BEFORE
THE SHOT WAS FIRED.
>> NORTH CAROLINA LAW REQUIRES
THAT ADULTS SECURE THEIR
FIREARMS FROM CHILDREN FOR
THESE EXACT REASONS.
>> Reporter: IS THE LITTLE GIRL
RECOVERS IN THE ICU, THE CHIEF
WANTS ALL GUN OWNERS TO LOCK UP
THEIR WEAPONS.
>> THAT IS WHAT RESPONSIBLE
PEOPLE DO, AND HAVE NOT BEEN
DONE, WE PROBABLY WOULD NOT
HAVE THE SITUATION.
>> Reporter: THE CHIEF SAID