Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Mum accidentally shot dead by two-year-old son as she drove car

Patrice Price was a mum-of-three.
Patrice Price was a mum-of-three. Credit: Facebook
A mum has died after accidentally being shot by her two-year-old son.
Patrice Price was driving her boyfriend's car when the toddler found the firearm on the backseat and shot her in the back.
The 26-year-old mum-of-three from Milwaukee in the US managed to pull the car over but died later from a single gunshot wound.
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The scene after the shooting. Credit: NBC News
Her father Andre Price said the gun belonged to his daughter's boyfriend, who was a security guard.
He told WISN: "Now I don't have her no more. I have a knot in my chest. "They won't even let me see my daughter. I wanted to hold her one last time."
It is not the first time such an incident has happened in the US.
In March this year pro-gun campaigner Jamie Gilt was shot in the back by her four-year-old son but survived.
Jamie Gilt, 31, was accidentally shot by her son but survived.
Jamie Gilt, 31, was accidentally shot by her son but survived. Credit: Facebook
She could now face charges for allowing her child access to a firearm whcih is punishable by up to 180 days in prison.
And in 2014, a 29-year-old woman was shot dead by her two-year-old son in a Walmart store in Idaho.
It is thought the tot found the gun inside her handbag when he was sat in her shopping basket