A toddler shot themselves after finding a gun Wednesday evening in Clermont County, Sgt. Merv Clemons with the Williamsburg Police Department told WCPO 9.
The shooting occurred Wednesday evening in the 120 block of South Third Street in Williamsburg.
Clemons said that the child was helping his dad clean out a vehicle in their driveway when the child found the gun.
The father keeps a loaded gun attached to the center console in the vehicle that is "exposed and readily available," Clemons said.
The 2-year-old climbed in the vehicle, grabbed the gun and accidentally discharged it, striking his right leg, Clemons said.
The child was airlifted to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Their current condition is unknown.
Clemons did say that the child was alert and conscious when first responders got to the scene, and that the injury was a "through and through" bullet wound with both an entry and exit point.
At this point, police did not say if there would be any charges filed in the accidental shooting.
