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Winnipeg babysitter accidentally shot while taking loaded gun from toddler

A Winnipeg police car. Shane Gibson/Global News

A teenage babysitter was taken to hospital in Winnipeg Saturday morning with a gunshot wound from an accidental shooting.

Winnipeg police said the incident happened at a Seven Oaks apartment, where a toddler had found a loaded gun and was running around the suite with it.

Read more: Accidental shooting puts teen in hospital: Winnipeg police

While the gun was being taken from the child, it went off accidentally and hit the babysitter.

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Police said an adult was asleep in the suite when the accidental shooting took place.

A 20-year-old woman was arrested on-scene for possessing a loaded, prohibited firearm, storing a firearm contrary to regulations, and carrying a concealed weapon, prohibited device or ammunition.

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