EUSTIS, Fla. (WFLA) — A father is dealing with expenses after his 5-year-old son accidentally shot himself in the head final month, in keeping with Eustis police.
Investigators instructed NBC affiliate WESH that the boy’s father, Dexter Neal, has been charged with neglect of a kid and culpable negligence.
The younger boy bought ahold of a firearm at his household’s Eustis dwelling on June 29. Police stated the gun went off whereas the 5-year-old was dealing with the weapon and he was shot simply above his left eye.
His mom ran to their neighbor’s dwelling for assist. Their neighbors, an off-duty nurse and her police officer fiancé, then started offering assist to the 5-year-old till he may very well be flown to a hospital.
Eustis Police Chief Craig Capri instructed WESH the fast response from the boy’s neighbors probably saved his life. The 5-year-old underwent surgical procedure at Arnold Palmer Hospital and has since been in restoration, together with weeks of bodily remedy and a number of rehabs.
Officers stated each mother and father have been frantic once they arrived at their dwelling that day. The household instructed detectives they sometimes retailer their firearms on the highest shelf of a bed room closet of their unique producer lock containers.
The household additionally stated they “believed that [redacted] shouldn’t have had entry to the weapons, and that he usually slept in the identical room along with his father,” an officer wrote in a police report.
Neal was ordered to give up all firearms and never contact the sufferer, in keeping with WESH. His subsequent courtroom date is Aug. 18.
