3-Year-Old From Southern California Kills Herself With Gun
LEMOORE (AP) — Authorities in Central California say a 3-year-old girl who found a loaded gun fatally shot herself in the head.
Lemoore police said Wednesday the girl and her family were visiting from Southern California when she found a gun in a bedroom.
The Fresno Bee reports the child was taken to a hospital, where she died.
Lemoore police Detective Matthew Smith says the apartment where the tragic incident happened Saturday is occupied by two roommates who were away at the time.
He says the gun is registered to a friend of one of the roommates.
Smith says the case is being investigated as reckless endangerment of a child resulting in death and negligent storage of a firearm.
He says no arrests have been made, but the gun owner and the roommate could face charges.
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