Police: 'Guns Aren't Toys; We're Looking at a Tragedy That Didn't Happen'

An Ossining teen received multiple felony charges after accidentally shooting himself in the finger, police said.

Ossining Lt. William Sullivan said Javari Hylton, 19, of Broadway in Ossining, was at a friend's residence on Broadway when he fired off one of his guns, shooting himself through the finger. 

Police received a 911 call on Sept. 12 at 11:55 a.m. that someone had been shot on Broadway. They arrived to find Hylton wounded in the street and went inside to find two unregistered handguns in a trash can of the residence, said Sullivan. One of the guns was loaded. The bullet that went through Hylton's finger ended up lodged in a television set.

Hylton was transported to Phelps Memorial Hospital. 

Hylton faces three felony charges of:

• Criminal possession of a weapon, in the fourth, 
• criminal possession of a loaded weapon, in the second, 
• and reckless endangerment, first degree.

“Guns aren’t toys and shouldn't be treated as such,” Lt. William Sullivan said. “We’re looking at a tragedy that didn’t happen.”

Note: An arrest does not indicate a conviction.