Two-year-old boy kills father in Florida | Abroad

According to Sheriff John Mina, the police at the scene assumed a suicide. However, the gunshot wound to the back of the 26-year-old man, who died in hospital, disproved that theory. Investigations confirmed the story of the five-year-old, who said his younger brother accidentally pulled the trigger. In addition to those children, a baby and the mother of the children were also present at the time of the accident.

“The gun was not stored properly,” the sheriff said at a news conference. “The gun was easily accessible, even for a two-year-old, and the result is yet another tragedy in this community that no one can comprehend,” Sheriff Mina said. “I cannot emphasize enough that our weapons must be secured and kept away from children. Gun owners who fail to secure their firearms are only a fraction of a second away from such a tragedy in their own home.”

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According to the police report, both parents were on parole for child neglect and drug offences. The mother of the children, the wife of the victim, has been arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter, possession of weapons and ammunition by a convicted felon and violation of a suspended sentence.

“Now these young children have lost both their parents,” said Sheriff Mina. “Their father is dead, their mother is in prison. And a young child must live his life knowing that he has shot his father. Such tragedies are 100 percent preventable.”

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