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Idaho toddler accidentally shoots and kills woman inside Walmart Idaho toddler accidentally shoots and kills woman inside Walmart
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Authorities in northern Idaho say a two-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed a woman after he reached into her purse at a Walmart store and the concealed gun fired. A two-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed a woman after he reached into her purse at a northern Idaho Walmart and her concealed gun fired, authorities said Tuesday.
The Associated Press originally reported that the woman was the boy’s mother. That is now unclear. The woman was shopping with several children, and it is unclear how they are related, Kootenai County sheriff’s spokesman Stu Miller said. Authorities originally said the boy was the woman’s son.
Kootenai County sheriff’s spokesman Stu Miller tells reporters that the shooting was accidental and occurred in the store in Hayden, Idaho, a town about 40 miles northeast of Spokane, Washington. The woman, whose identity was not released, had a concealed weapons permit.
Miller says the woman had a concealed weapons permit. Her identity has not been released. Miller said the shooting was accidental and occurred in the Walmart in Hayden, Idaho, a town about 40 miles northeast of Spokane, Washington.
The Walmart closed after the shooting. The woman and the children were in the back of the store near the electronics area when the shooting occurred, authorities said.
KREM-TV reports that witnesses and video surveillance from the store helped deputies determine the shooting was accidental.
The store closed after the shooting and was not expected to reopen until Wednesday morning.
Hayden is a politically conservative town of about 9,000 people just north of Coeur d’Alene in Idaho’s northern panhandle.Hayden is a politically conservative town of about 9,000 people just north of Coeur d’Alene in Idaho’s northern panhandle.
In November, a woman in Oklahoma was fatally shot by her three-year-old with a semiautomatic handgun. Police said it appeared the child picked up the gun while his mother was changing a one-year-old’s diaper.