3-year-old Milwaukee boy shoots himself; new calls for action
MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee police say a 3-year-old boy is expected to survive after accidentally shooting himself on Sunday night, Nov. 17.
It came nine months after another child was accidentally shot inside a different unit in the same apartment complex near 66th and Bradley – on Milwaukee's northwest side.
Officers said they arrested a 28-year-old in connection with this case. Milwaukee police are recommending charges of child neglect.
Back in February, in a different apartment unit in the same Bradley Townhomes complex, a child did not survive. Prosecutors allege a 6-year-old got a gun from a woman's purse and then shot a 4-year-old.
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These child shootings and others are prompting more calls for action.
"At the end of the day, it’s going to take parents. It’s going to take citizens out there to cooperate to make sure they are safe, but not even just themselves as gun owners, but to make sure their kids are safe, to make sure our community is safe," said Milwaukeee Mayor Cavalier Johnson.
Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson
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MPD data through Nov. 10 showed 81 minors were victims of non-fatal shootings in 2024. That is aa drop of 32% from that same time in 2023. Sunday night's shooting will not be added to that number since MPD considers the shooting to be an accidental, self-inflicted shooting.
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- COA Youth and Family Centers – 909 E. Garfield Avenue, 2320 W. Burleigh Street
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