2023-06-22 11:37:11
A very young 2-year-old child accidentally shot his eight-month-pregnant mother in the town of Norwalk, Ohio, USA.
A terrible accident which puts the question of the possession of weapons in the United States back on the carpet. Last Friday, a mother, eight months pregnant, died following her 2-year-old son accidentally shot her.
The facts occurred at the home of Laura Ilg, 31, in Norwalk, Ohio. His son was playing with the family’s loaded gun when the shot went off. The young mother called the emergency services herself. “She explained that she was 33 weeks pregnant and that her 2-year-old child had accidentally shot her in the back with a gun,” commissioner David Smith told the local press.
She was rushed to the hospital at Fisher-Titus Medical Center in Norwalk, but did not survive her injury. “An emergency caesarean section was performed at the hospital when she arrived, and the unborn child died,” David Smith said, according to >.
“Everything that emerges from the investigation indicates that this was a tragic mistake. The gun was left outside and shouldn’t have been accessible to the child, but apparently she didn’t know he was in the room at the time.” When help arrived, the mother, still conscious, indicated that her son had managed to enter the parental bedroom, which is usually closed, and grabbed the weapon.
At the scene, police found a 9mm pistol lying on the bedside table, along with two other loaded firearms. Weapons that belong to the husband of the victim, according to his statements to the press.
This type of drama is unfortunately not uncommon in the United States, where bearing arms is a freedom enshrined in the Constitution. In March, a 3-year-old girl accidentally killed her 4-year-old sister with a gun near Houston, Texas, despite the presence of five adults, including their parents, in the house. According to a study by the Pew Research Center, regarding 40% of American households own at least one firearm, and according to Johns Hopkins University, less than half of them keep them in a secure place.
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