Fla. toddler kills self with dad's gun, police say

TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. - Officials in Florida say a toddler is dead after finding his father's .380-caliber handgun in the family's car and shooting himself.

Pinellas County Sheriff's deputies say Kaleb Ahles, age 2, was in the car in East Lake Wednesday afternoon while the child's parents, Kevin Ahles and Christina Nigro, both 23, loaded boxes as they prepared to move. Somehow, the boy opened the glove compartment, where the father stored his gun.

The parents told deputies they heard a loud pop and ran to the car. The mother performed CPR and the boy was rushed to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Sheriff Bob Gualtieri says the parents won't face criminal charges because no one could punish them more than they'll punish themselves. He called the incident a "tragic situation" where "everything happens the wrong way."

"They took reasonable steps, and you can lawfully keep a gun in a vehicle in the glove box. It was secured in the glove box itself," Gaultieri said, according to CBS affiliate WTSP.