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Child Finds Gun In Boston Park, Mother Calls Police

BOSTON (CBS) - A gun was found by a child in Franklin Park.

The 911 call on Wednesday night, just before 9 p.m., came in from a mother, who was walking with her child in the area of Jewish War Veterans Drive.

Child finds gun in Franklin Park
A child found a gun in a crack of granite slab in Franklin Park. (WBZ-TV)

The mother said her child picked up the semi-automatic pistol from a crack in a granite slab.

Child finds gun in Franklin Park
A gun was found by a child in Franklin Park. (WBZ-TV)

She told the child to drop it, called police, and waited until police arrived to recover the gun.

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