This is the chilling moment a three-year-old girl accidentally shot herself after picking up a gun unattended in a Florida home.
Serenity was sitting on the couch next to a family member who was watching football when the incident occurred Saturday, according to surveillance camera footage.
She was transported to Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, where she underwent surgery before being released from the hospital on Tuesday returned home where she is now recovering, according to the girl’s grandmother, Robin Fuller.
Fuller posted the video to her Facebook page with the caption: “Video of when my granddaughter shot herself in her OTHER GRANDMA’S HOUSE.”
Orlando Young, a 23-year-old family member, was arrested in connection with the unattended gun in the home. Young is now accused of child neglect causing great bodily harm. He was released on bail on Tuesday evening.
She was transported to Nicklaus Children’s Hospital where she underwent surgery
23-year-old Orlando Young, a family member, was arrested in connection with the incident and is now charged with child neglect resulting in great bodily harm
According to the outlet, Young was watching a football game Saturday at a home in the 11000 block of Southwest 220th Terrace.
In the video, Serenity is seen running to the couch and grabbing the gun on it. Serenity’s four-year-old brother was close by.
Serenity was likely under the care of her other grandmother, Fuller said WSVNbut only Serenity, Young and the disabled adult were seen in the video.
The video shows Young getting up from the bench and celebrating a touchdown when the girl starts playing with the gun. She then accidentally fired a bullet and shot himself in the hand.
“It looks like she’s getting ready to pick up the gun, the gun went off and I think the bullet went through her finger,” Fuller told the outlet.
There was a woman sitting on the couch, but she was reportedly disabled and unable to move.
Young told police he temporarily left his firearm unattended on the couch while he watched a football game on his laptop.
On Facebook, Fuller called out the other grandmother who was supposed to babysit her grandchild and accused her of negligence.
The video shows Young getting up from the bench and celebrating a touchdown when the girl starts playing with the gun. He then accidentally fired a bullet and shot himself in the hand
Young told police he temporarily left his firearm unattended on the couch while watching a football game on his laptop
“It looks like she’s getting ready to pick up the gun, the gun went off and I think the bullet went through her finger,” Fuller said.
Young appeared in court Monday and is expected back with an additional charge of arguing with an inmate
Young was watching a football game Saturday at a home in the 11000 block of Southwest 220th Terrace
Footage of Serenity from her hospital bed shows her laughing with a bandaged hand
According to the girl’s grandmother, Robin Fuller, she was released from the hospital on Tuesday and returned home where she is now recovering.
Serenity is recovering at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in a photo posted by grandmother Robin Fuller
While Fuller expressed her concern and devastation, she said the outcome could have been even more devastating.
‘It could have been worse than this. “I don’t appreciate it at all,” she added.
She said the family is traumatized by the incident but hopeful for Serenity’s recovery. She hopes doctors can save her finger.
“They’re trying to save the finger, so we’re just going to pray that the blood flow gets back through,” Fuller told the outlet.
“The police arrived because I called the police myself when I got the call and eventually the police arrived and they asked, ‘Where’s the baby?’ Fuller said to the outlet.
Footage of Serenity from her hospital bed shows her laughing with a bandaged hand.
“I don’t ever want them there again,” Fuller said.
Young appeared in court on Monday and is expected back, according to WSVN, with an additional charge of arguing with an inmate.
In response to the incident, the Department of Children and Families (DCF) told WSVN: “The Department conducts investigations into all allegations of abuse, neglect or abandonment. Investigation information is confidential under Section 39.202, Florida Statutes.”