A 10-year-old child was shot in the leg in Farmington on Tuesday.
Police responded to a parking lot at 1 Forest Park drive and found the child suffering from a gunshot wound.
Investigators said 19-year-old Jordan Cruz illegally had a gun and left it unattended in a car with the 10-year-old family member, according to police. The child sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the leg after the gun accidentally discharged.
The child was taken to the hospital with what police believe are non-life-threatening injuries.
Cruz was arrested and charged with negligent storage of a firearm, risk of injury to a child, first-degree reckless endangerment, carrying a pistol without a permit, illegal possession of a large capacity magazine, illegal possession of a firearm with no serial number, and illegal possession of a weapon in a motor vehicle.
He was held on $300,000 bond and is due in court on Wednesday.
