A 3-year-old child accidentally shot herself with her father's gun, police said, leading to the discovery of several unlicensed firearms inside the home. Police and firefighters were dispatched to 47 Captain Daniel Road in South Yarmouth around 1:06 pm. on Friday. They found the little girl with a gunshot wound to her left hand, police said. She was initially rushed to Cape Cod Hospital and then transferred to a hospital in Boston. The girl is expected to survive, police said. Investigators said they determined that the child had found the unsecured and fully loaded .40-caliber semi-automatic pistol on a nightstand in a bedroom she shared with her parents. Yarmouth police said they also found several other unlicensed firearms and ammunition owned by the child’s father. The father, Nicholas Alexander Jenner, 30, is a military veteran who is living with his parents in South Yarmouth. Police said he will be charged with several violations of Massachusetts firearm laws, including improper storage of a large-capacity firearm near a minor and unlawful possession of a firearm. He will also be charged with reckless endangerment of a child. The Massachusetts Department of Children and Families has taken custody of the little girl.

A 3-year-old child accidentally shot herself with her father's gun, police said, leading to the discovery of several unlicensed firearms inside the home.

Police and firefighters were dispatched to 47 Captain Daniel Road in South Yarmouth around 1:06 pm. on Friday. They found the little girl with a gunshot wound to her left hand, police said.


She was initially rushed to Cape Cod Hospital and then transferred to a hospital in Boston. The girl is expected to survive, police said.

Investigators said they determined that the child had found the unsecured and fully loaded .40-caliber semi-automatic pistol on a nightstand in a bedroom she shared with her parents. Yarmouth police said they also found several other unlicensed firearms and ammunition owned by the child’s father.

The father, Nicholas Alexander Jenner, 30, is a military veteran who is living with his parents in South Yarmouth. Police said he will be charged with several violations of Massachusetts firearm laws, including improper storage of a large-capacity firearm near a minor and unlawful possession of a firearm. He will also be charged with reckless endangerment of a child.

The Massachusetts Department of Children and Families has taken custody of the little girl.