3-Year-Old Accidentally Shoots 1-Year-Old Boy Dead

A one-year-old boy was killed by a gunshot wound to the face after a three-year-old found an untended handgun in a house, police believe. The toddler reportedly died on Sunday in the village of Cleveland, New York.

“It’s a sad day for Cleveland,” police Chief Calvin Williams told reporters outside the house. “A one-year-old child lost his life today.”

Detectives are still trying to figure out how the three-year-old got hold of a handgun, but the deadly weapon was apparently “untended,” Williams said.

Reports say Williams identified the dead child as Braylon Robinson and said at least one adult was home at the time of the fatal shooting.

The names of the boy’s parents were not released immediately, but Williams promised adults would be held accountable.

The somber chief criticised the gun culture in the Midwestern city and across the nation.

“This is a senseless loss of life for this city again, and it’s directly related to guns,” Williams said.

“We need to really take a hard look at the things we’re doing out there on the state, local and the national level to get some of these guns out of our communities, because nothing good ever happens.”

Source: mirror.co.uk

 

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