TUSCARAWAS COUNTY — A nine-year-old Ohio boy was injured after he was hit by a bullet fragment after the round went off while he was hitting the bullet with a hammer.
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On Thursday, just after 7 p.m., Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to reports of a nine-year-old boy who was bleeding in Wayne Township, CBS-affiliate WOIO reported.
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The caller, a grandparent from a neighboring residence, told 911 dispatchers that the boy had possibly cut himself, and then there was some belief that it may have been a gunshot wound.
Deputies responded to the scene and found the nine-year-old outside near a shed with his six-year-old brother, WOIO reported.
The younger brother told deputies that the nine-year-old was striking a .22 caliber bullet that they found with a hammer when it exploded, causing shrapnel to go into his arm and ankle.
The boy was taken to Akron Children’s Hospital and is expected to make a full recovery, WOIO reported.
A report will be forwarded to Tuscarawas County Job and Family Services for review as a matter of regular protocol.
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