Another gun-related tragedy occurred in Jackson County, Kentucky, USA.
A 7-year-old boy shot and killed a five-year-old boy, who, according to local media, was his younger brother. Officers who responded to the home after the shooting tried, unsuccessfully, to rescue the little boy.
According to the investigators, the shooting was completely accidental.
While in Ohio, a child playing with a gun he allegedly found in his parents' nightstand accidentally shot and killed his eight-month-old pregnant mother. Foreign media report that the 2-year-old shot his mother in the back with a pistol.
It is learned that it was the 33-year-old woman who called the emergency and explained that she was accidentally shot by her 2-year-old son and that she was 33 weeks pregnant.
Unfortunately, despite the immediate intervention of the rescue teams, the young woman died in the hospital, while the doctors did not even manage to save the fetus she was carrying. Police found a 9 mm handgun placed on a nightstand in the room as well as two other loaded guns. The victim's husband, who was away from home at the time of the incident, told the police that the weapons belonged to him.
Firearms are the leading cause of death for children and adolescents (ages 1 to 19) in the United States, according to the advocacy group Everyone for Gun Safety. There have been more than 150 unintentional shootings by children in the United States this year, resulting in 58 deaths and 101 injuries.