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Idaho toddler accidentally shoots and kills woman inside Walmart Idaho toddler shoots and kills his mother inside Walmart
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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. Police in Idaho say a two-year-old boy shot and killed his 29-year-old mother in a Walmart after finding the woman’s weapon in her purse.
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. The Kootenai County sheriff’s office said the woman was shopping with her son and several relatives in the store’s Hayden, Idaho location when the boy, sitting in the front of the shopping cart, found the gun in her purse and shot the woman at about 10.15am local time.
The woman, whose identity was not released, had a concealed weapons permit. Deputies said the shooting appears accidental. The woman had a concealed carry permit, according to the Associated Press.
Miller said the shooting was accidental and occurred in the Walmart in Hayden, Idaho, a town about 40 miles northeast of Spokane, Washington. The shooting happened near the store’s electronics section. Police reviewed store video to determine the shooting was accidental, the Associated Press and local media reported. Police did not disclose what kind of gun was involved in the incident.
The woman and the children were in the back of the store near the electronics area when the shooting occurred, authorities said. The victim has not been identified. Police are currently working to notify her family.
KREM-TV reports that witnesses and video surveillance from the store helped deputies determine the shooting was accidental. A Walmart spokesperson called the incident “very sad,” and said the store was “fully cooperating with the sheriffs deputies as they investigate this matter.”
The store closed after the shooting and was not expected to reopen until Wednesday morning. The store will be closed for the evening, and reopen at 6am Wednesday, according to information provided to the sheriff’s office by store managers.
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 northern Idaho town of 13,000 people, about 35 miles east of Spokane, Washington.
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. In November, a woman in Oklahoma was fatally shot by her three-year-old with a semi-automatic handgun. Police said it appeared the child picked up the gun while his mother was changing a one-year-old’s diaper.