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Chicago mom charged after 5-year-old daughter shoots herself

Chicago mom charged after 5-year-old daughter shoots herself | iNFOnews.ca
This booking photo provided by the Chicago Police Department shows Larrinita Starks, who has been charged with child endangerment after her 5-year-old daughter accidentally shot and wounded herself in the abdomen with a handgun that she found in her Stark's purse Tuesday night, Jan. 17, 2017. (Chicago Police department via AP) A

CHICAGO – Police say a 5-year-old Chicago girl is in serious condition after she shot herself in the abdomen with a handgun that she found in her mother’s purse.

Police said Wednesday that the girl’s mother, 22-year-old Larrinita Starks, has been charged with child endangerment.

The shooting happened Tuesday night in the East Garfield Park neighbourhood on the city’s West Side. Police say the girl got the gun from her mother’s purse in a bedroom.

Starks is due in court March 16. She doesn’t have a listed phone number and could not immediately be reached for comment.

Police say the injured girl is in serious condition. Her grandmother, Oretha Miller, says the child is stable and recovering.

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