Twin 4-year-old boys were shot and critically wounded Saturday inside their Orange County home, resulting in the arrest of their parents, according to sheriff’s officials.
The shooting was reported around 2 p.m. after the shooting took place at a home in the 8300 block of Calais Circle, northeast of Lake Underhill Drive and Chickasaw Trail, east of the city of Orlando.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were called to AdventHealth East for a report of two boys suffering from gunshot wounds.
Deputies said the boys were taken to the hospital by their parents, both of whom were arrested.
The mother, K. B. G, 39, was arrested on two counts of child neglect with great bodily harm. The father, M. W. B. Jr., 40, was arrested on a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
According to an arrest affidavit, both parents said they did not witness the shooting but heard a loud “pop” inside the house. The affidavit did not state who fired the gun.
G said she saw one of the boys lift his arm and noticed a wound, the affidavit stated. B rushed inside the home and also saw his son suffering from a wound, officials said.
The parents rushed the boys to a hospital and noticed “large amount of blood on (the other twin’s) shirt” and “concluded that he was also injured,” the affidavit stated.
According to sheriff’s officials, G was consuming “large amounts of alcohol” on Friday night and left her gun on the couch.
She went to buy groceries Saturday morning, returned home and began making breakfast for her five children while her B was on the back porch preparing a meal on the grill when they heard the “pop,” according to authorities.
In an interview with detectives, G later stated that the boys had access to gun because she left it on couch, the affidavit stated.
She said B, a convicted felon, was aware that she had three firearms in the home, and he had held them on previous occasions, according to authorities.
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Source: clickorlando
