Police: 2-year-old suffers self-inflicted gunshot wound inside Waldorf apartment

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The Charles County Sheriff's Office said a 2-year-old boy was wounded by a self-inflicted gunshot inside a Waldorf apartment.

Charles County Sheriff's Office spokesperson Diane Richardson said they received a call Wednesday afternoon about a shot fired inside an apartment located in the 3000 block of Patapsco Place.

According to Richardson, the boy's father heard a gun go off and found his son shot in the leg with a semi-automatic handgun.

The child was conscious and breathing and taken by helicopter to a local hospital. His injuries appears to be non-life-threatening, Richardson said.

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