Toddler shoots father, pregnant mother at New Mexico motel

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Toddler shoots father, pregnant mother at New Mexico motel

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(Reuters) - A 3-year-old boy shot and wounded his father and pregnant mother with a 9 mm handgun that he pulled out of the woman's purse while searching for an iPad, police in New Mexico said on Sunday.
Both parents needed hospital treatment for non-life threatening injuries after the bullet went through his father's buttocks and into his mother's shoulder, Albuquerque Police Department Officer Simon Drobik said.
The woman, who is 8-months-pregnant, is being kept at the hospital for observation. The man has been released, said Drobik, who was first to arrive at the scene of the incident at an Albuquerque motel on Saturday afternoon.
"On the kid's side, it's a horrible accident that happened, but the parents are still culpable," Drobik said. "They should have secured the gun."
The couple could face felony negligence charges. The child does not face criminal charges, Drobik said.
The woman told police she purchased the gun the day before the incident, Drobik said. The man is not legally allowed to have a firearm because he has previously been convicted of a felony crime.
The family, including a two-year-old girl and the children's grandmother, had been living in an America's Best Value Inn for about a week with their two pit bulls when the incident occurred.
Following the shooting, the children were placed with child protective services for at least 48 hours. The dogs were taken by animal control staff.
(Reporting by Laila Kearney; Editing by Alison Williams)


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[Hitch]

The child does not face criminal charges, Drobik said.

Seriously? Did they really need to add this statement to the article?

[mick silver]

Good shooting kid. Just maybe your parents will learn something about gun safety

[midnight rambler]

Albuquerque huh? Sounds fishy. Probably the APD killers did it and are trying to pin it on the kid.

[madfranks]

So the lady buys the gun, loads it, puts it in her purse, and then when the 3 year old boy asks for her ipad, she says, "it's in my purse go get it", but he finds something else to play with. Honestly it doesn't surprise me, it takes constant situational awareness to carry a gun, something this lady apparently didn't care to maintain.

[Cebu_4_2]

Or it's just plain propaganda.

[Ponce]

MOTEL = training ground for a future cop in America.........you have to start them young.

V

[BrewTech]

Seriously? Did they really need to add this statement to the article?

These days they most certainly do.

[Neuro]

MOTEL = training ground for a future cop in America.........you have to start them young.

V
Huh?

[mick silver]

why did they not name the parents ?

[BrewTech]

why did they not name the parents ?

Made the whole story was made up, like most anti-gun propaganda.

[Hitch]

after the bullet went through his father's buttocks and into his mother's shoulder,

I wonder what the father and mother were doing at the time of the incident.

[midnight rambler]

I wonder what the father and mother were doing at the time of the incident.

Apparently they were distracted and not paying attention to the toddler who was seeking same. It appears the toddler was 100% successful in getting their undivided attention.

[Neuro]

I wonder what the father and mother were doing at the time of the incident.
I would be surprised if they weren't neckid.

[mick silver]

if it did happen I bet both were doing drugs

[midnight rambler]

Through the buttchecks and then through the shoulder...hmmm...I wonder what position would get you there.

[Hitch]

lol, I'm glad I'm not the only one here with dirty mind. :)

[Dogman]

There are several possibility's shown in the karma sutra. Many quite athletic and one needs to be limber.

[madfranks]

Through the buttchecks and then through the shoulder...hmmm...I wonder what position would get you there.

It depends on what angle the kid shot from. From the ground, where a toddler would be standing, shooting upwards at the right angle might do the trick even without anything dirty going on.