A little boy in Tampa was shot accidentally Monday night. Credit: torange.biz/CC4.0

A little boy in Tampa was shot accidentally Monday night. Credit: torange.biz/CC4.0
A 3-year-old Tampa boy is recovering at Tampa General Hospital after being shot accidentally Monday night. Tampa Police have ruled the shooting accidental but continue to investigate.

The shooting happened at an apartment community at the 5200 block of Picador Court, located near both Busch Gardens and the Hillsborough River.

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This article appears in Jan 3-10, 2019.

Cathy's portfolio includes pieces for Visit Florida, USA Today and regional and local press. In 2016, UPF published Backroads of Paradise, her travel narrative about retracing the WPA-era Florida driving...