Cleveland, May 17: In a shocking incident, a toddler has shot and killed a one-year-old girl after picking up an unattended gun onboard a vehicle in United States of America.
Detectives were trying to determine how the three-year-old boy came to find the gun, the city’s police chief Calvin Williams told reporters on the spot. Local media reported that the baby was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.
According to Sarasota County sheriff's deputies, the shooting occurred around 4:30 p.m. in a car outside the Sonshine Learning Center in Venice, south of Sarasota. They said the children were alone in the car at the time and a gun was left inside.
"The 3-year-old located a handgun that was in the vehicle and discharged a round which resulted in the striking of the 1-year-old," said Sarasota Sheriff's Office Lt. Vince Mayer.
The child was flown to Bayfront Health and then was transferred to All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg with non-life threatening injuries.
Pictures include a blood-stained child seat and a shell casing on the ground outside the vehicle.
Deputies said the children's mother was not inside the vehicle at the time of the shooting. They provided no further information.
"It's a tragic accident and detectives are investigating see if at some point in time there will be any criminal charges," Mayer said.
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