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IDAHO. — A 2-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his mother after he reached into her handbag at a northern Idaho Wal-Mart and her concealed gun fired, authorities said on Tuesday.
The 29-year-old woman was shopping with her son and three other children, Kootenai County sheriff’s spokesperson Stu Miller told The Associated Press.
Her family had come to the area to visit relatives, he said.
The woman, whose identity was not released, had a concealed weapons permit. Miller said the young boy was left in a shopping cart, reached into the victim’s bag and grabbed a small-calibre handgun, which discharged one time.
Deputies who responded to the Wal-Mart found her dead, the sheriff’s office said.
The woman’s husband was not in the store when the shooting happened. Miller said the man arrived shortly after the shooting. All the children were taken to a relative’s house.
The shooting occurred in the Wal-Mart in Hayden, Idaho, northeast of Spokane, Washington. The store closed and was not expected to reopen until yesterday. In neighbouring Washington state, a three-year-old boy was seriously injured in November when he was accidentally shot in the face by a four-year-old neighbour. The boy was wounded as the children played in a home in Lake Stevens, north of Seattle. — AP.
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