Toddler dies in accidental shooting in US
New York, July 21 : A two-year-old girl has died after being accidentally shot by her four-year-old cousin who got hold of a gun at a home in the US state of California, said police.
The 53-year-old grandfather of the victim has been arrested for child endangerment, KABC TV reported.
The shooting happened around 9 a.m. at a home in Duffy Street in San Bernardino's Muscoy area on Friday, the sheriff's office told the media.
A neighbour said: "When they brought her out, she had a little patch right here over her chest. It didn't look like a big hole. They were pumping her as they put her in the ambulance."
The boy allegedly involved in the shooting was also visibly distraught as he was carried out of the home, KABC TV reported.
She died about an hour after being hospitalised. The adults of the house were taken to the Sheriff' s Department headquarters for questioning, the San Bernardino Sun reported.
After several interviews, investigators determined Cesar Lopez, the victim's grandfather, had left the gun in a place accessible to kids.
Lopez was arrested and will be booked for child endangerment and felon in possession of a firearm, the sheriff's office said. Neighbours termed the incident "devastating" and said people who got guns have to lock them up away from kids.
In 2018 alone 7,971 people have died in the US due to gun violence, of whom 381 are children, not for profit organisation gunviolencearchive.org said.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
— Bareilly Police (@bareillypolice) November 24, 2024
