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Authorities are investigating a shooting that involved two children at a restaurant in Newnan, Georgia.
According to police, a 2-year-old pulled the trigger of a gun and accidentally injured his 11-year-old sister.
The girl was not shot by the bullet but was instead hit by a screw from the holster, WGCL reported.
Police identified the children’s mother as 30-year-old Jennifer Cotton.
She told police her son reached in her purse and pulled out her 9 mm gun and pulled the trigger.
The victim was taken to a children’s hospital where she had surgery to remove the screw.
The mother has not been charged but police say she could be facing a reckless conduct charge.
