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Published yesterday at 11:40 p.m., updated yesterday at 11:40 p.m.
A three-year-old shot his brother dead with a gun found in his mother’s handbag in the US. Milan / stock.adobe.com
The child found the gun in his mother’s purse and accidentally shot his brother. The drama took place in a town in the state of Indiana.
A two-year-old child killed by his three-year-old brother. The drama took place on Friday evening in Gary, an American city in the northwest of the state of Indiana. A 3-year-old boy found a gun in his mother’s purse and accidentally shot his brother, fatally wounding him, The Associated Press reports. The two-year-old child who was taken to the hospital died from his injuries.
The Lake County District Attorney’s Office has launched an investigation to determine the circumstances surrounding the fatal accident. “We conduct a criminal investigation and then present it to the Lake County District Attorney, who will determine whether it was negligence or an unfortunate accident,” Gary Police Commander Sam Roberts said on American television station WLS-TV.
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Gary Mayor Jerome A. Prince and Police Chief Anthony Titus urged adults to take action to prevent guns from getting “into the hands of innocent children.” They therefore recommended the use of locked safes to secure firearms. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of the 2-year-old who was tragically removed from our community,” the mayor and police chief said in a joint statement.
As of June 2022, Indiana no longer requires a license to own a handgun. With the exceptions provided for by law, anyone aged 18 or over may own a weapon. Children are particularly vulnerable to firearms in the United States: 4,752 died in 2021, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released last September. An increase of nearly 42% compared to 2018. Firearms are the leading cause of death among children and teenagers under 19 in the United States, ahead of traffic accidents.