Cinque bambini sono senza madre dopo che un incidente con armi da fuoco ha ucciso la loro madre e ferito il loro fratello più giovane.
La donna di 25 anni era a casa con i suoi figli quando è stata uccisa a morte, polizia a Cornelius, Carolina del Nord, disse.
Police said the woman was ‘inadvertently shot,’ likely after her children found the gun inside her purse.
Her youngest child was also shot and is recovering with non-life-threatening injuries.
The mother was killed.
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Cornelius police said they found the mother dead in the back bedroom of her apartment Monday evening.
There was a small semi-automatic handgun on the bed in the room where the woman was found, and police said that four of her children were in the bedroom with her at the time of the incident.
The oldest was in the living room, ha detto la polizia.
The youngest child, who had also been shot, was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Because the case involves children, Cornelius police said the department will not release any of the children’s nomi, ages or identifying information.
The incident is not unique — children accessing firearms is particularly dangerous because of their impressionability and exposure to media violence.
UN 2019 studia found that locking up their guns in the home could prevent up to a third of gun suicides and accidental deaths among children and teens.
