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Showing Original Post only (View all)Toddler wounds both parents with 1 shot from handgun (updated) [View all]
Last edited Sun Feb 1, 2015, 01:54 PM - Edit history (1)
Source: WBAY-TV ABC affiliate in Green Bay
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) Authorities say a 3-year-old boy got ahold of a handgun from his mothers purse and fired just one shot that wounded both his parents.
Albuquerque police say the toddler apparently reached for an iPod but found the loaded weapon.
The bullet first struck his father in the buttock and then hit the shoulder of his mother, who is eight months pregnant. His 2-year-old sister was present but unhurt.
Local media reports say police believe Saturdays shooting was accident.
Read more: http://wbay.com/ap/toddler-wounds-both-parents-with-1-shot-from-handgun/
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Update: They talk to the guy shot in the butt, in this report.
http://crooksandliars.com/2015/02/3-year-old-finds-gun-handbag-shoots-both
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There's always some idiot who just can't seem to keep a gun locked away from children.
NutmegYankee
Feb 2015
#2
Agree with you on just about everything, but SCUBA equipment requires a certification...
Thor_MN
Feb 2015
#13
Would the toddler not recieve all sorts of entitlements if the parents were gone?
Thor_MN
Feb 2015
#15
Gun nuts are gathering in Albuquerque even now - this child is the chosen one.
Schema Thing
Feb 2015
#22
The newscast was his own heroic action play by play to attend to his girlfriend not endangering
lunasun
Feb 2015
#57
I'm curious about why 2 little kids and another on the way are living in a motel room
Vinca
Feb 2015
#62
What was going on that placed Daddy's butt and Mommy's shoulder in alignment? --nt
Kennah
Feb 2015
#67
I would guess father standing, mother sitting a bit farther across the room, and the gun
petronius
Feb 2015
#75