Michigan 3-Year-Old Shoots Mother in the Head

Police say a 3-year-old Michigan boy accidentally shot his mother in the head but she is expected to survive.
Michigan 3-Year-Old Shoots Mother in the Head
A neighborhood in Grand Rapids, Michigan, close to Kentwood, on a winter day (Attercop311/Wikicommons)
The Associated Press
2/21/2016
Updated:
2/21/2016

KENTWOOD, Mich.—Police say a 3-year-old Michigan boy accidentally shot his mother in the head but she is expected to survive.

Kentwood, Michigan police told the Grand Rapids Press (http://bit.ly/1mPklHr ) that the woman was shot in the back of the head. She was conscious and talking with first responders at the scene.

Sgt. Stephanie Morningstar could not immediately provide more details of the incident at a private home.

Kentwood is 10 miles south of Grand Rapids in western Michigan.