3-year-old shoots 1-year-old sibling in vehicle

The boy picked up a handgun in the car and fired it, striking his sister

Update: 2015-05-16 11:00 GMT
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Venice: Sarasota County Sheriff's deputies say a 3-year-old boy shot his 1-year-old sister in the face as the two were in a car in the parking lot of a daycare.

A news release said the incident happened at 4:30 Friday afternoon in Venice, a small city south of Sarasota on Florida's Gulf Coast.

The girl was flown to All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg with non-life threatening injuries and is expected to recover.

Officials say the children were left alone in a car while their mother was talking to people in the parking lot. A report said the boy picked up a handgun in the car and fired it, striking his sister. Only one shot was fired.

Deputies said that no criminal charges were expected Friday.

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