8-year old shoots 7-year old at daycare, police believe it's gang related

The father of the boy who allegedly shot a girl at a Maryland day-care center is under arrest.John Lynwood Hall is charged with leaving a firearm in a location accessible by an unsupervised minor, as well as contributing to the delinquency of a minor.According to police, the 8-year-old boy who brought the gun to day care is in their custody. He will undergo an evaluation and juvenile authorities will decide what to do with him. Police said the father had the gun for several years and the boy retrieved it from an unsecured container in a closet of their Germantown, Md., home.Police said the boy was playing with the gun in the backpack when it accidentally went off, wounding a 7-year-old girl at the For Kids We Care day-care center in Germantown.Police said the boy did not take the gun out of the backpack. The girl was struck in the arm. She was taken to Children's Hospital in Washington. Her injury is not considered life-threatening. There were six children in the center at the time of the shooting, which occurred just about before 7 a.m. Tuesday. No one else was hurt.Police have not released the child's condition and the said the shooting remains under investigation.