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3 Charged After Toddler Is Shot When Gun Goes Off

BALTIMORE (AP) -- Baltimore Police say three people have been charged with reckless endangerment after a 3-year-old boy was shot in the leg after he and another toddler were playing with a gun.

Police said Friday that 27-year-old Cantria Reddick, 24-year-old Andre Hill and 25-year-old Kia Richard, have been charged in Monday's accidental shooting in east Baltimore.

Police say a 2-year-old found a gun in a bedroom closet and it went off. The 3-year-old boy was hit in the leg. He was treated at a local hospital.

(Copyright 2013 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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