“Four-year-olds, 5-year-olds, they’re inquisitive. Having it unsecured can lead to tragic things like this,” HCSO Deputy Thomas Gilliland said. “These are things that we really don’t like responding to, we have more and more of them happening.”
– Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputies are investigating a shooting that occurred Tuesday in Northeast Houston.
Gonzalez said the toddler was taken to the hospital but did not appear to have life-threatening injuries. “He wasn’t home when it happened, but said the boys were with their mother and her family members when they got ahold of a pistol,” KPRC reported.that the gun belongs to a relative staying at the home. He said the 4-year-old likes to play with toy guns and probably didn’t realize the one he was holding could hurt his brother.
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