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Toddler accidentally shoots woman dead in Idaho Wal-Mart | Toddler accidentally shoots woman dead in Idaho Wal-Mart |
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A woman has been shot dead by a 2-year-old in a Wal-Mart store in Idaho. | A woman has been shot dead by a 2-year-old in a Wal-Mart store in Idaho. |
The 29-year-old was shopping with four children in the store in Hayden, when the two-year-old reached into her handbag and fired the weapon, shooting her dead. | |
Initial reports suggested the woman was the boy's mother, but the police have said it is as yet unclear how the two are related. | |
Kootenai County sheriff's spokesman Stu Miller said the incident in the store about 40 miles (64 kilometers) northeast of Spokane, Washington, was an accident. | Kootenai County sheriff's spokesman Stu Miller said the incident in the store about 40 miles (64 kilometers) northeast of Spokane, Washington, was an accident. |
The woman was visiting the politically conservative town with a popular of 9,000 for the holiday season. She was browsing the store's electronics section when the incident occurred, deputies said according to broadcaster KREM 2. | |
Officer used the store's CCTV footage and witnesses testimonies to decide the shooting was an accident. | Officer used the store's CCTV footage and witnesses testimonies to decide the shooting was an accident. |
The woman did have a concealed weapons permit, the authorities confirmed. | The woman did have a concealed weapons permit, the authorities confirmed. |
The store closed after the shooting. Lieutenant Miller tweeted that the store will not re-open until 6am on Wednesday. | |
Per Walmart mngr Hayden store will be closed through today. Reopen 6am on the 31st. | |
Walmart spokeswoman Brooke Buchanan said: "A very sad incident occurred at our store today in Hayden involving the death of a female customer. | |
"We are working with the Kootenai Sheriff's department as they investigate what happened." | |
The incident comes after 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 nappy, the Guardian reported. | |
Additional reporting by Reuters |