Maine toddler shoots parents after retrieving handgun from nightstand, deputies say

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WEST BATH, Maine - Gunfire inside a Maine home left a mother, father and 2-year-old boy with injuries Wednesday morning.

According to the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office, the toddler shot his mom and dad with a handgun that had been left out on a nightstand.

The mother was shot in the leg while the father suffered a wound to the head. The boy injured himself when the gun recoiled and hit him in the face.

The mother was shot in the leg while the father suffered a wound to the head. The boy injured himself when the gun recoiled and hit him in the face. (Photo by Jens Büttner/picture alliance via Getty Images)

A local hospital later determined their injuries to be non-life-threatening.

The couple’s newborn, just 3 weeks old, was also in the room but was not harmed by the gunfire. Deputies said that child is now in the grandmother’s custody.

This story was reported from Atlanta.

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