WAVERLY, Ohio — A toddler caused a scare Thursday in Waverly after shooting his mother’s gun.
It happened on Thursday, when the Waverly Police Department got a 911 call about a gunshot at Wal-Mart.
When officers arrived a woman explained that her two-year-old accidentally fired her Taurus 9mm from her purse, hitting the ceiling. The child got a minor injury from the magazine.
The child was handed over to a guardian and taken to Urgent Care.
The woman responsible for the gun was arrested and charged with Endangering Children in Pike County Court.
No one else was injured.