Milwaukee mother charged after 3-year-old injured with gun in home

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- A Milwaukee woman has been charged after her 3-year-old child was injured with a gun in her home.

It happened last Wednesday, July 19, near 64th and Villard.

Twenty-nine-year-old Shanice Dison is being charged with neglecting a child.

According to the criminal complaint, Dison was working in her home when she and her niece heard a loud "boom" from a bedroom.

They ran to the bedroom closet where the 3-year-old and another child were playing, and discovered the door was locked. 

Dison broke down the door and found one of the children injured, and a gun on the ground of the closet. 

When questioned by investigators, the complaint says Dison claimed she purchased a pistol about a month ago and that the gun was normally kept in a safe. She said the night prior to the shooting, she had taken the gun out to show a friend. 

Authorities say no gun safe was found inside the home.

The complaint says the child lost her right index finger as a result of the shooting.

In court Monday, bond was set at $2,500.

Dison is due back in court on Aug. 2.

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