An Edgard, La. man was arrested after a 2-year-old boy shot himself in the foot shortly before 11:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. The child was airlifted from a house in Edgard to Children’s Hospital in New Orleans where he is listed in stable condition.
St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s deputies responded to the 2400 block of Highway 18 regarding the shooting and found a woman holding the injured child. Deputies were told that the child found the gun under a bed in the house and shot himself.
Following an investigation, detectives arrested the child’s uncle Leland Washington, 18, of Edgard, and booked him with second degree cruelty to juveniles (felony) and obstruction of justice.
Washington was released Sunday (Jan. 26, 2025) on a $25,000 bond.