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| US toddler shoots younger brother | US toddler shoots younger brother |
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| A three-year-old girl in the US state of California has accidentally shot her younger brother dead with a gun found in her home, say police. | A three-year-old girl in the US state of California has accidentally shot her younger brother dead with a gun found in her home, say police. |
| The girl is believed to have found the .45 calibre semi-automatic handgun under her parents' bed. | The girl is believed to have found the .45 calibre semi-automatic handgun under her parents' bed. |
| Her two-year-old brother was taken to Kern County hospital with a critical chest wound but later died. | Her two-year-old brother was taken to Kern County hospital with a critical chest wound but later died. |
| Police investigating the incident said the children's mother had been at home at the time. | Police investigating the incident said the children's mother had been at home at the time. |
| Police Sgt Greg Terry said police would be looking at whether the weapon had been safely secured. | |
| "It's so important that if you're going to have firearms in your possession, make sure they're stored safely, so that incidents like this don't occur," local media quoted Sgt Terry as saying. | "It's so important that if you're going to have firearms in your possession, make sure they're stored safely, so that incidents like this don't occur," local media quoted Sgt Terry as saying. |