Monday, Oct. 17, 2016 | 9:18 a.m.
A gun that accidentally discharged Sunday, critically injuring a toddler, had been left on a chair in a bedroom where children were playing, Metro Police said today.
The woman who left the gun out, Shaletres Townsend, 30, was arrested and booked at the Clark County Detention Center on a count of child neglect with substantial bodily harm, police said.
The child was taken to University Medical Center with life-threatening injuries, police said.
The incident was reported about 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the 4200 block of Studio Street, near Craig Road and Lamb Boulevard in the northeast valley.
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