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CHILD SHOOTS GUN - Beckley Police and the WV State Police arrested Jack Grimes after he was caught allowing a 4 year old boy to squeeze the trigger on a 22 caliber pistol less than 100 yards from a residential neighborhood.
Police responded to a call of multiple gun shots going off at the end of King Street near uptown Beckley.
The child's mother and Grimes were both charged with child neglect creating risk of injury.
"It was three adults and one of the adults was the mother of a 4 year old. The child basically was able to pull the trigger on the handgun while the adult held the grip, which in our definition is child neglect," Cpl. J. W. Legursky said.
All of the adults were taken into custody and the child was taken by child protective services when a family member failed to pick him up.
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