According to CNN, Sgt. Tom Weger from the Fishers Police Department told reporters that a customer sat on a sofa to test it out. “[He] accidentally dropped the gun into a couch and when he got up, he didn’t realize that the gun had fallen off of his person.” he said Later that day, a group of children found the weapon and a 6-year-old boy, who has not been identified, accidentally fired it, according to Time Magazine. Fortunately, Weger confirmed that nobody was injured in the incident. Indiana has the seventh highest rate of accidental child shootings, said a report published in the Chicago Tribune. The report uses information gathered fromThe Associated Press and the USA TODAY Network, who analyzed information from all of the deaths and injuries involving children 17 and under across the country from January 1st to June 30th of 2014. They found that many of the shootings involve small children, some as young as 2 or 3-years-old. It’s also illegal to carry a handgun without a license in Indiana and CNN reported that it was unclear whether or not the original owner had a permit. Ikea issued a statement to CNN regarding the incident, saying that the safety of their customers is their top priority and that they are taking this issue “very seriously.” According to their statement, Ikea has also reached out to the child’s family to offer its “sincerest apologies” for what happened.
