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VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. A Florida toddler has died after deputies said he found a handgun in his parents nightstand and shot and killed himself.
Volusia County Sheriffs deputies said the boy found the nine-millimeter firearm in the nightstand on Wednesday night.
the parents reportedly kept the firearm there after their lock box stopped working.
The Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said the parents were out grocery shopping at the time of the incident.
https://www.local10.com/news/florida/2023/02/16/florida-toddler-shoots-kills-himself-with-parents-gun/
NBC News: Florida 3-year-old dies after shooting himself with a handgun, officials say
The father, a Florida state corrections officer, told deputies that his firearms were normally kept in a safe in the bedroom, but the safe's electronic lock function had stopped working and he instead placed one on top of the fridge and the other in his nightstand.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-3-year-old-dies-shooting-self-handgun-officials-say-rcna71049