Orange County Sheriff’s deputies said that a 10-year-old boy was accidentally shot in the hand by his younger brother, after the boys’ football coach left them briefly in a vehicle. The football coach is a Lakeland police officer.
According to investigators, at approximately 5:00 pm on Thursday, a 911 call was received from 1009 west Kaley Street in Orlando. Deputies responded to the scene and found a 10-year-old boy with a gunshot wound to the hand. The child was transported to the Arnold Palmer Hospital and was treated with a non-life threatening wound.
The preliminary investigation determined that the child and his younger brother, 7 years, were left inside a vehicle by their football coach as he went inside to pick up a third child to take to foot ball practice. While the coach was inside the home, the 7-year-old boy gained access to the coach’s firearm and accidentally shot his brother in the hand.
Detectives said that the football coach is a Lakeland police officer.
The name of the police officer has not been released.
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