A 4-year-old sustained non-life-threatening injuries in an accidental shooting involving a 2-year-old sibling on Sunday, according to the Talbot County Sheriff’s Office. Just after 2:20 p.m. on Sunday, police responded to a residence on Skipton Cordova Road just outside Cordova for a report of a child with a gunshot wound.
Investigation revealed that the 2-year-old “gained access to a firearm and discharged a round striking his 4-year-old sibling in the lower leg,” according to a Sheriff’s Office press release. The injured child was treated by paramedics and then flown to a Baltimore hospital as a precautionary measure, police said.