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On Sunday May 25th at approximately 2:00 A.M., officers of the Valley Police Department were called to an apartment in the 2000 block of Calgary Crescent in reference to a child being shot. On arrival, officers found a 2-year-old child with a single gunshot wound. The child was flown to Piedmont Hospital in Columbus where he was pronounced dead.

Preliminary investigation shows that the child may have accidentally shot himself after finding an unsecured handgun. The mother of the child as well as another child were in the apartment asleep at the time of the shooting.

This is an active investigation. If anyone has any information concerning this case, please call Sgt. William Burgos 334-756-5203, or the Greater Valley Area Crime Stoppers at 334-215-STOP/1-833-AL1-STOP, or online at www.215stop.com.