A 12-year-old girl was wounded by a ricocheting bullet Sunday evening in Banning, when her mother fired a tiny pistol she mistook for a cigarette lighter, police said.
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Rachel Avila, 30, told police she and her 12-year-old daughter, both of Banning, were talking with friends in front of their mobile home in the 100 block of North Phillips Avenue when Avila found what she thought was a novelty cigarette lighter, police said.
The lighter resembled a miniature firearm and it was lying on the ground, Avila told police.
Avila picked it up and tried to light it by pulling the trigger, police said.
The first time Avila pulled the trigger, nothing happened. The second time she pulled the trigger, a .22-caliber bullet was fired, police said.
"The bullet struck the ground, and then ricocheted upward and entered her daughter’s upper right arm," the police statement said.
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The police department advised caution to anyone who finds an object resembling a firearm or a suspicious device.
"Do not handle the object and call local law enforcement for assistance," Banning police said.
[Banning-Beaumont Patch]
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