Woman charged after she accidentally fires gun in Walmart

A Worcester woman is being charged after she accidentally fired the gun she had in her purse inside the Walmart in Northborough on Monday.

Crystaly Perez, 31, is being charged with discharging a firearm within 500 feet of an occupied building, according to NBC10 Boston.

Police were called to the store at 200 Otis St. just after 8:30 p.m. for a report of a gun accidentally going off. No one was injured, the news station reported.

“The customers that were in there, when they heard the gun go off, they’re thinking panic, ‘What’s going on here?'” Northborough Police Lt. Brian Griffin told the news station.

Perez, who had her toddler with her, told police she was going through her purse trying to pay when she accidentally fired the 9mm handgun. A bullet was found on the floor of the store, according to NBC10.

“Somehow, her loaded firearm, which was inside the purse, discharged,” Griffin said, as reported by NBC10. “The bullet went through her purse and lodged in between the register and the floor.”

State agencies were also made aware of the incident due to the child being with Perez at the time.

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