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

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

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Ace Nws Today - Infant, five-months-old, shot by three-year-old child in Tampa
(8300 block 17th Street, Tampa, Image credit: Google Maps)

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 infantโ€™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.”

“๐™’๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™š’๐™ง๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ง๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™—๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ ๐™›๐™ช๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™›๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™–๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™Ÿ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š๐™™, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™ ๐™จ๐™š๐™ง๐™ซ๐™š ๐™–๐™จ ๐™– ๐™ง๐™š๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™œ๐™ช๐™–๐™ง๐™™๐™ž๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ข๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™œ๐™ค ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™˜๐™๐™š๐™˜๐™  ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™œ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™š๐™˜๐™ช๐™ง๐™š๐™™,” ๐™จ๐™–๐™ž๐™™ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ง ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜–โ€™๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ. “๐˜พ๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™™๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™—๐™š ๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™–๐™˜๐™˜๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™›๐™ž๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ข๐™จ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ง๐™š๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง, ๐™œ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™ ๐™–๐™ก๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ๐™จ ๐™—๐™š ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™– ๐™ก๐™ค๐™˜๐™ ๐™š๐™™ ๐™จ๐™–๐™›๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™–๐™ข๐™ข๐™ค ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™จ๐™š๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ก๐™ฎ. ๐˜ฟ๐™ค๐™ฃ’๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™– ๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™™ ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ง๐™ž๐™จ๐™  ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™—๐™š๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™š๐™ก๐™š๐™จ๐™จ.”ย 

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 ourย Tampa PD YouTubeย channel. ~ Tampa.gov

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

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