MOBILE, Ala. — A Mobile woman has been arrested after a 10-year-old boy was left alone with a loaded gun that went off, police said.

Crystal Olison, 27, is charged with reckless endangerment. Police said the boy was playing with the gun at the Yester Oaks Apartments on a Friday afternoon when it discharged. A bullet went through a neighboring apartment. No one was hurt.

The incident prompted renewed warnings from authorities about securing firearms away from children.

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