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Related: About this forumToddler Fatally Shoots Baby Brother With Unsecured Gun in Texas
An 8-month-old boy died Saturday after being shot by his 3-year-old brother at a Houston apartment, police said.
Assistant Chief Wendy Baimbridge of the Houston Police Department indicated the shooting unfolded accidentally after the toddler picked up an unsecured firearm.
"This is just a tragic," she said at a news conference. "It was just one gunshot to the abdomen, and unfortunately our little one is deceased."
Two family members drove the baby boy to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, she said. A subsequent search turned up a gun in the vehicle, police tweeted.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/toddler-3-fatally-shoots-baby-brother-after-picking-unsecured-gun-n1263738
PortTack
(32,764 posts)soothsayer
(38,601 posts)People who secretly hate their kids.
WhiteTara
(29,708 posts)This was the second child shooting in the same day. The other was a small child who shot himself with an unsecured gun.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,855 posts)Guns Make Us Safer.
I do hope the parents are prosecuted. I don't agree with the "They've suffered enough already" mindset that lets them off the hook.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)rownesheck
(2,343 posts)who quit taking his young children to visit their grandfather because he had so many guns lying out in the open at his house. He bragged about never being more than 3 ft away from any gun in his house. I have been to that man's house. It's true. Guns EVERYWHERE. I don't understand gun people.