Six Year old Shot in the Face --- Parents Held for Questioning --- Children were Home alone when Incident Occurred.

Dutch Quarter:--- A six year old girl is in critical condition at the St. Maarten Medical Center nursing gunshot wounds to her face. Information reaching SMN News states that the incident occurred in Garden of Eden around 7pm Sunday evening. Neighbors in the area said the girl shot herself while she was at home alone with her younger brother. According to one of the neighbors, the girl's brother alerted the neighbors of the incident.
Police Spokesman Ricardo Henson confirmed that the six year old was shot and she was taken by ambulance to the St. Maarten Medical Center. Henson said he was informed of the incident but the detectives are still busy investigating the case. "The parents were taken from the St. Maarten Medical Center to the Philipsburg Police station to be interrogated." The detectives and forensic officers visited the scene and the investigation is ongoing. Henson could not say how seriously the child was injured and if the two minor children were home alone when the shooting took place. SMN News will bring you a more detailed reported in our next publication.