Police: Rhode Island father arrested, charged after unintentionally taking pictures 4-year-old son

A Cranston man was arrested Tuesday after police say he unintentionally shot his 4-year-old son within the head. 

Cranston police mentioned Michael Jones, 33, has been charged with felony assault, possession of a firearm by a prohibited individual, and firing in a compact space. 

Officers responded to the 911 name reporting {that a} 4-year-old boy had been shot by his father at 25 Queen St. round 10:12 a.m., in keeping with Cranston police. On the scene, officers allegedly discovered Jones holding his son with a gunshot wound to his head. The boy was taken to Hasbro Youngsters’s Hospital, the place police mentioned he stays in essential situation after present process emergency surgical procedure. 

Police mentioned the preliminary investigation signifies that Jones was contained in the second ground bed room of his residence dealing with a loaded handgun when the 33-year-old says he unintentionally discharged the firearm, sending a single spherical via the wall the place it struck his son within the head within the adjoining room. 

The kid’s grandfather, who lives on the primary ground, referred to as 911. 

Police recovered the handgun believed to have been used from the house. In line with the division, Jones had a earlier conviction for felony assault and had been sentenced to a two-year suspended sentence and probation, which means he was prohibited from possessing a firearm. 

“How Jones acquired the gun stays underneath investigation,” police mentioned. 

Jones might be arraigned at Cranston Police Headquarters. 

“This case is especially troublesome for all concerned given the age of the sufferer and highlights the necessity to maintain firearms out of the palms of prohibited people,” Colonel Michael Winquist, Cranston’s chief of police, mentioned in an announcement. “A tragedy like this hits residence with our first responders, lots of whom have kids of their very own. Our ideas are with the younger boy and his household as he fights for survival.”