CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – Clarksville police are investigating after a 3-year-old child and an adult were injured by a single discharge of a handgun.
Police responded to a shooting in progress call in the 200 block of Caldwell Lane Friday, May 5 around 3:05 p.m. When officers arrived they found a 3-year-old girl with a gunshot injury to her left thigh and a 27-year-old man with a gunshot injury to the ankle area.
At this point in the investigation, police believe a single accidental discharge of a handgun was responsible for the injury to the child and man. How the firearm was discharged is still being determined.
The child was taken by LifeFlight in stable condition to Vanderbilt and the man was transported by ambulance to a local area hospital in stable condition.