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US woman accidentally shot dead by son, two, in Idaho Wal-Mart | US woman accidentally shot dead by son, two, in Idaho Wal-Mart |
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A woman in the US state of Idaho has been killed after her two-year-old son accidentally shot her with a gun he found when reaching into her handbag. | A woman in the US state of Idaho has been killed after her two-year-old son accidentally shot her with a gun he found when reaching into her handbag. |
The woman, named by the local sheriff's office as Veronica J Rutledge, 29, was shot in a Wal-Mart in Hayden, a town in Idaho's northern panhandle. | |
She had been shopping with several children at the time, a spokesman for the office said. | |
Officials said Ms Rutledge had had a concealed weapons permit. | |
She and her children had been in the rear of the store near the electronics area when the shooting occurred, they said. | |
The Wal-Mart closed after the shooting and is not expected to reopen until Wednesday. | The Wal-Mart closed after the shooting and is not expected to reopen until Wednesday. |
Witnesses and video surveillance from the store helped officials determine the shooting was accidental, said broadcaster KREM. | Witnesses and video surveillance from the store helped officials determine the shooting was accidental, said broadcaster KREM. |
The victim came from Blackfoot, a town in the south of Idaho, the sheriff's office said in a statement on Facebook. |