Mother arrested after 4-year-old boy shot himself at Sacramento shopping complex, police say
A 26-year-old woman is in police custody after her 4-year-old son shot himself Friday at a shopping center in the Valley Hi / North Laguna neighborhood.
Sacramento Police Department spokesman Officer Anthony Gamble said the boy is in stable condition and expected to survive.
Officers were called just after 1:45 p.m. to the 4500 block of Mack Road for reports of a boy shooting himself, Gamble said.
Police arrested the mother and booked her into Sacramento County Main Jail on a number of charges related to criminal storage of a firearm and endangering the life of a child. Online jail records show she has since been released.
Gamble said officers were investigating how the boy retrieved the gun. The investigation is ongoing.
This story was originally published October 25, 2024 at 3:32 PM.