Authorities are still investigating how a 4-year-old accidentally shot himself in the foot inside a Broward home, as new 911 calls captured the chaos after the shooting.
The shooting happened Tuesday afternoon at a home along Northwest 27th Avenue and 6th Street in unincorporated Central Broward near Fort Lauderdale.
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WATCH HEREBroward Sheriff's Office officials said the boy was in the care of a family member when he got a hold of an unsecured weapon and shot himself in the foot.
The boy was hospitalized with a non-life threatening injury, and family members said he was expected to have surgery on Wednesday.
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New 911 calls were released Wednesday that captured the chaos after the shooting.
"I need an ambulance!" a woman says in one call, as a child is heard screaming and others can be heard yelling in the background.
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"I think someone got shot," a man told a dispatcher in another call. "I just just heard people running out of an apartment screaming and so forth, saying somebody got shot."
BSO's Criminal Investigation Division is investigating the shooting but so far, no arrests have been made.
Detectives said the family member caring for the child was not his mother or father.
The Florida Department of children and Families have also opened an investigation.
BSO officials also urged gun owners to make sure their weapons are secured in a lockbox and unloaded to prevent this kind of thing from happening.
