McKenzie Smith was wounded at about 10:30 on Friday morning after finding a gun on the nightstand next to her mother's bed. Jessica Smith, 22, was home at the time. The owner of the weapon, 22-year old Ralph Ronzino, was at a nearby store.
Ronzino was arrested and charged with child neglect by culpable negligence. He is also charged with possession of marijuana. Both are 2nd degree felonies.
Pasco sheriff's spokesman Kevin Doll said Ronzino "left the handgun on the nightstand" after hearing a gun shot outside the house on Thursday night.
"It looks like the bullet went in through the abdomen and came out, a clean-through shot, they call it," Doll said.
Deputies said they confiscated two other handguns and an AK-47 from the home, which they say were also "easily accessible" to the child.
With news video.
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