A small child was hit by gunfire when a man selling a rifle shot it through a wall while showing it off to a prospective buyer, police in Manitoba say.
Manitoba First Nations Police Service officers were called to the shooting at a four-plex on Sandy Bay First Nation on Friday.
In a release Thursday, police said officers found a five-year-old child who had been shot in the leg. The child was taken to hospital in stable condition.
Investigators say the bullet that hit the child came from a rifle shot by a man who was trying to sell the firearm to someone in a different suite.
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A 30-year-old man has been charged with possession of a prohibited firearm, discharging a firearm while being reckless, and weapons trafficking.
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The accused remains in police custody.
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