Father charged after young child injured in accidental shooting at Atlanta home

ATLANTA — A father faces charges after a 3-year-old boy was injured in an accidental shooting at a home on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Atlanta.

Atlanta police say the child got into a closet, removed a gun from a bag, and accidentally shot himself in the hand.

The father is charged with aggravated assault. His name was not released by police.

He was booked into the Fulton County Jail.