Mother accidentally shot dead by 2 year old son in Wal-Mart

[scottish]

A woman in the US state of Idaho has been killed after her two-year-old son accidentally shot her with a gun he found when reaching into her handbag.

The woman, named by the local sheriff's office as Veronica J Rutledge, 29, was shot in a Wal-Mart in Hayden, a town in Idaho's northern panhandle.

She had been shopping with several children at the time, a spokesman for the office said.

Officials said Ms Rutledge had had a concealed weapons permit.

She and her children had been in the rear of the store near the electronics area when the shooting occurred, they said.

The Wal-Mart closed after the shooting and is not expected to reopen until Wednesday.

Witnesses and video surveillance from the store helped officials determine the shooting was accidental, said broadcaster KREM.

The victim came from Blackfoot, a town in the south of Idaho, the sheriff's office said in a statement on Facebook.

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[-:Undertaker:-]

Surely she should've had the lock on that most(?) guns have.

Terribly tragic though.

[scottish]

Apparently not, I'm sure it's a few days (at least one day) old and that's all the information that's been given so most likely not, unless the kid turned the safety off and then shot.

[Empired]

It's possible he turned the safety off. Two year olds mess with absolutely everything. It's awful, yes, but that's why you don't take your gun with you to the supermarket!

[Samantha]

It's possible he turned the safety off. Two year olds mess with absolutely everything. It's awful, yes, but that's why you don't take your gun with you to the supermarket!

Doesn't that defeat the purpose of the 'concealed weapons permit' then? I don't disagree, but I think she should have at least had the bag with her knowing it contained a gun. Children will mess with anything they find, but it's expected of them. RIP though xxx.

[Chippiewill]

Well, at least she can no longer endanger other people with reckless gun safety.

[Brad]

Shocking. To think that down the road the child will be mortified by the fact that they were the one to kill their mother..
Sad thought.

[Empired]

Doesn't that defeat the purpose of the 'concealed weapons permit' then? I don't disagree, but I think she should have at least had the bag with her knowing it contained a gun. Children will mess with anything they find, but it's expected of them. RIP though xxx.

Yes I'm completely against any civilian having the right to own a gun as accidents like this will always occur.

And, as has been said, my main thoughts will be with the child. I hate to imagine what will be going through their mind in ten years when they have to face the fact they have killed their own mother.

[Samantha]

Yes I'm completely against any civilian having the right to own a gun as accidents like this will always occur.

And, as has been said, my main thoughts will be with the child. I hate to imagine what will be going through their mind in ten years when they have to face the fact they have killed their own mother.

Yeah I agree with that too, I can't see positives to carry weapons including guns. As for him growing up knowing that he was the one who killed his mum, I'd dread to think what it will do to him.

[sexpot]

Right because someone carrying a gun has never come to the rescue... oh wait no that's wrong.

Anyway, she should have taken better precautions to ensurde the baby couldn't get to the gun.