Man charged after toddler accidentally shoots 4-year-old

OPAL, Va. – A Virginia man has been arrested after a 2-year-old shot a 4-year-old inside a car.

News outlets report 26-year-old Isaiah Marshall Davis and another adult allegedly left three children between the ages of 2 and 4 at a truck stop in Opal. Authorities say the 2-year-old boy found a gun and shot the girl Friday night.

Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. James Hartman says someone reported a man carrying a girl with blood on her clothes that night.

Sometime later, authorities received another call for service at a motel and discovered the injured child. The child was treated and released from a hospital. The other children weren’t injured.

Davis was charged with several offences including three counts of abuse and neglect of children.

It’s unclear if he has a lawyer.