CARTERET COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - A parent is charged after two children were injured in an accidental shooting in their home in Carteret County, deputies say.

Deputies have charged 36-year-old Lucio Zarate with improperly storing a firearm. They did not say whether he was the parent of just one or both children.

Over Memorial Day weekend, deputies say they went to a report of two children injured after a gun was fired at the home of 101 Delmar Court outside of Newport.

When they arrived, they found that a four-year-old had been shot in the leg, and another child suffered a grazing injury to the leg.

Deputies say both children were sitting on a couch when they discovered a loaded gun in the center console. One of the children grabbed the gun, which then accidentally went off, hitting the

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