Uncle Shoots Toddler With BB Gun

There are two kinds of uncles in the world: The really cool ones, and the scary ones. This man was the latter.

Long Island toddler was wounded in the stomach when her uncle fired a BB gun at her, police said.

Investigators say the man was shooting a BB gun out of a window of a Freeport home while baby-sitting his sister's 3-year-old daughter.

They say he then pointed the gun at the child and fired, striking her in the abdomen.

Police say the girl's mother took her to a hospital after she noticed the wound on Thursday.

Nassau County police say the 18-year-old man was scheduled to appear in court Friday on charges including assault, weapon possession and endangering the welfare of a child.

The girl has been treated and released.

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