COLUMBUS – A Southeast Side man is facing a charge of child endangering after his toddler son suffered life-threatening injuries when he got hold of a gun and accidentally shot himself.
Homicide unit detectives say it appears that two-year-old Jason Hill grabbed a firearm that wasn’t properly secured at his family’s home on Noe-Bixby Road and shot himself in the head just before 2:44 p.m. Wednesday afternoon.
Jason’s father, Brandon drove to the parking lot of a convenience store at the intersection of Noe-Bixby and Refugee roads where he told a uniformed officer that his son had been shot, according to homicide unit Sgt. Stanley Latta.
Jason Hill was taken to Children’s Hospital with life-threatening injuries and Brandon Hill, 24, was detained for questioning.
Police determined Brandon was the only other person at the home when Jason found the weapon and charged him with endangering children, a felony, and Latta said he could face additional charges if his son dies of his injuries.