Infant, five-months-old, shot by three-year-old child in Tampa

The Tampa Police Department is looking into a shooting that left a baby injured yesterday.

Shortly after 1 p.m. on Saturday, September 3, officers were called to a home located on the 8300 block of 17th Street in Tampa in reference to a five-month-old baby who was shot in the hip. The child was immediately transported by EMS to Tampa General Hospital. Thankfully, officials were able to report that the infant’s injuries did not appear to be life threatening.

Paula Marie Concepcion Santos, 25, and a three-year-old child were in the home at the time of the incident. According to Concepcion Santos, the three-year-old accidently fired the gun after getting ahold of the weapon. Detectives are still working through the details to determine how the shooting occurred.

Concepcion Santos was arrested and charged with “child neglect with great bodily harm.”

“𝙒𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙚’𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙛𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙞𝙣𝙟𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙙, 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙧 𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙜𝙤 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙜𝙪𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙙,” 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘖’𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘳. “𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧, 𝙜𝙪𝙣𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙢𝙢𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮. 𝘿𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙥𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙠 𝙗𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨.” 

Police did not share any details regarding the relationship between  Concepcion Santos and the two youngsters.

To better educate children on gun safety, Tampa PD partnered with More Health last year to produce a video on firearm safety. The video can be viewed and shared from our Tampa PD YouTube channel. ~ Tampa.gov

(Source and Paula Marie Concepcion Santos mugshot: Tampa PD)

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