2023-06-22 11:02:49
Terrible event that has taken place in Ohio (USA). A two-year-old boy has accidentally killed his 31-year-old mother with a firearm. It so happens that his mother was eight months pregnant.
The events took place on the afternoon of June 16. That day, her mother called the police in Norwalk, the town where he lived, asking for help. As she explained David Smitha member of the police commissioner, told local media, the mother said that she had been hit by a bullet that had been fired by her underage son.
Specifically, and according to statements made to the local newspaper News 5 Cleveland, the mother “explained that she agreed 33 weeks pregnant and that her two-year-old son accidentally shot her in the back with a gun.”
So were the facts
Once the call was received, the emergency services went to the address where the events took place. When they arrived, the woman was still alive. However, she died at the hospital. The doctors tried to save the life of the eight-month-old baby, who eventually died as well.
Before being transferred to the hospital, and still conscious, the mother told the police the sequence of events. Thus, and while she was washing clothes, her two-year-old son had entered the main bedroom of the couple.
[La policía de California mata a un hombre negro en silla de ruedas tras dispararle 10 veces]
Normally said bedroom used to be locked, but today it wasn’t. The boy discovered the weapon and began to play with it. Along with the murder weapon, police found two other firearms. which were also loaded. Her husband confessed to the police that these weapons were his.
One of the messages that the Norwalk police chief pointed out after the sad event is that those people who have weapons permits have to take sufficient precautions to avoid misfortunes like this. For example, keeping them in places such as safes or in places closed with padlocks. Or, in any case, leave them downloaded.
Other cases
The United States has about 400 million firearms. Therefore, it is the only country in the world where there are more weapons than inhabitants. And the debate between those who defend the right to own arms and those others who maintain that it threatens the right to life is always present.
Another fact to take into account is that only one in three Americans admits to having weapons at home. Therefore, those who own them have more than one in their home, as it has happened in the sad event of Norwalk. According to Johns Hopkins University, less than half of households keep guns safely at home.
It is not the first time this year that a minor kills another person in the United States. Thus, and in the month of March, a three-year-old girl also accidentally killed her four-year-old sister with a weapon.
Happened in Bammel North Houston Road in Houston (Texas). In this event, there were five adults in the house who did not supervise the little ones. The girl was pronounced dead at the scene.
Harris County Sheriff, Ed GonzalezHe then stated that it was “another tragic story” of a child who had access to a firearm. “This time there was a fatal shot,” he added, emphasizing that it was another “preventable” death with a firearm.
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