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Two charged with neglect in Hampton girl's shooting
HAMPTON
Two people have been arrested in the Friday shooting of a 3-year-old girl who was taking a nap.
At 12:03 on Friday, the girl was taking a nap in a camper trailer behind a home in the 1900 block of E. Pembroke Ave. The child's mother went into the home for a few minutes, and and returned to find the girl had shot herself one time in the head. Police determined
the child found the loaded gun under a mattress
in the trailer.
The victim was transported to a local hospital, where shewas undergoing surgery Friday night for her injuries.
Katherine Louise Supplee, 22, and Moises Marcus Esquillin, 20, both of the 1900 block of E. Pembroke Ave. in Hampton,were bothcharged with one count of felony child neglect and one count of allowing access to firearms by a child. Esquillin was also charged with one count of possession of marijuana.
John Warren, (757) 446-2309, john.warren@pilotonline.com [1]
not a very secure place with kids around