Police: Father Charged After 4-Year-Old Shoots Self Inside Car

A 4-year-old boy was hospitalized after he accidentally shot himself inside a car in Haverford North section Saturday afternoon.

The shooting occurred inside a car on the 4200 block of Fairmount Avenue around 6:07 p.m. Saturday.

Police said the child's father went into a barbershop to get a haircut and left his son unattended inside a car. The boy then shot himself on the left hand with a gun.

The child was transported to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia by his grandmother and father, Captain John Walker of the Philadelphia Police Department's Investigation Unit told NBC 10's Rosemary Connors.

Walker added that the father is being charged with gun charges and endangering the welfare of a child.

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