WHALE COVE, Nunavut - Nunavut RCMP say three people were injured after a five-year-old got a hold of a high-powered rifle.
Sgt. David Lawson says police got a call Thursday night from Whale Cove, a remote community about 70 kilometres south of Rankin Inlet on Hudson Bay.
He says investigators found a five-year-old child managed to find, load and fire a rifle which had been unloaded after a hunting trip.
Lawson says the shrapnel injured three people who were sent to the community health centre with superficial wounds.
He says the three were treated and released.
Lawson says no charges are expected to be laid.
