ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (WTVD) -- Two women were arrested and charged Wednesday after a one-year-old was accidentally shot at a home in Rocky Mount.
According to the Edgecombe County Sheriff's Office, detectives responded to a call from the Nash General Hospital Police about a one-year-old child who was shot at home in t00 block of River Road. When detectives arrived, they found that a 10-year-old got a hold of a loaded gun and accidentally shot the one-year-old.
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An investigation of the home determined that two women who lived in the home did not secure the gun from the children.
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The one-year-old is listed in stable condition. No other injuries were reported.
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Officials said Tosha Mayo, 48, and Yasmin Mayo, 26, are both being charged with storage of firearms to protect minors causes personal injury.
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