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Three-year-old boy accidentally shoots dead his mother in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as she changes her younger daughter's nappy | |
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A three-year-old boy has accidentally shot and killed his mother as she changed her younger daughter's nappy, police have said. | A three-year-old boy has accidentally shot and killed his mother as she changed her younger daughter's nappy, police have said. |
Christa Engles, 26, was found with a gunshot wound to the head at her home in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Monday afternoon. | |
The toddler is understood to have found the gun on a table near the sofa, Tulsa World has reported. | The toddler is understood to have found the gun on a table near the sofa, Tulsa World has reported. |
Police believe the toddler then accidentally fired the gun as his mother changed the nappy of his younger sister. | Police believe the toddler then accidentally fired the gun as his mother changed the nappy of his younger sister. |
The woman was discovered when the children's grandmother arrived at the house. | |
Sergeant Dave Walker, of Tulsa Police Department, said a number of guns were found inside the property. | |
He told NBC News: "We are prepared to do what we have to do to keep the kids safe, but I think this is a horrible, horrible accident." | He told NBC News: "We are prepared to do what we have to do to keep the kids safe, but I think this is a horrible, horrible accident." |
The woman's husband, a truck driver, returned home a few hours later to learn of the incident. | The woman's husband, a truck driver, returned home a few hours later to learn of the incident. |
In a separate incident in Washington, it was reported on Sunday that a three-year-old boy was in a serious condition in hospital after he was shot in the mouth by his four-year-old neighbour while the two were reportedly playing with a gun. | In a separate incident in Washington, it was reported on Sunday that a three-year-old boy was in a serious condition in hospital after he was shot in the mouth by his four-year-old neighbour while the two were reportedly playing with a gun. |
At the time police said they did not have any information about the gun or where the children got it from. | |
They said the four-year-old may have accidentally shot the three-year-old, but it was not yet clear who owned the weapon, whether it was left unsecure or not or what had led to the gun being fired. | They said the four-year-old may have accidentally shot the three-year-old, but it was not yet clear who owned the weapon, whether it was left unsecure or not or what had led to the gun being fired. |
Authorities said both families were co-operating with investigators. | Authorities said both families were co-operating with investigators. |
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