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.
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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