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DETROIT — A 4-year-old boy was fatally shot Thursday
in what police said was a tragic, avoidable accident.
The shooter was the boy's 4-year-old female cousin.
STORY: Police: N.J. boy, 6, dies after being shot by 4-year-old
Sgt.
Michael Woody, a Detroit police spokesman, said the children were
playing in the back bedroom of a home when the girl found a rifle —
loaded and not locked in a case — underneath the bed.
He said the girl pointed the gun at her cousin and pulled the trigger, shooting him in the chest.
Veronica Rutledge, 29, was shot in the head and died instantly after her
two-year-old son reached into her purse and got a hold of a 9mm Smith
& Wesson handgun during a shopping trip in Hayden, the Kootenai
County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday. The Walmart store manager
stepped in after the 10:20 a.m. shooting and took the gun away from the
child, officials said.
A
young Oklahoma mom is dead after her 3-year-old accidentally shot her, KJRH
reports. Christa Engles, a 26-year-old from Tulsa, was believed to be
changing her 1-year-old daughter's diaper in her living room when police
say her preschool son wandered in with a semi-automatic handgun and
shot her in the head.
