Mo. 3-year-old accidentally shot himself

Monday, June 18, 2012

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — The family of a 3-year-old Missouri boy who died on Saturday says he shot himself with a gun he found in the home.

Independence police declined to say what killed Joshua Andrew Turner, known as J.J.

His family told The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/MkXADE) that the boy found the gun moments after his mother, Dawn Turner, went into another room. The boy died in his father’s arms.

No one has been arrested. Funeral services are still pending.

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Information from: The Kansas City Star, http://www.kcstar.com

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newone 11 months ago

I will never understand why so many people leave loaded gun's where children can get to them, I understand it was an accident and I know the parents must feel horrible but if you are going to own a gun please take the time to put them where a child is not able to get to it. God bless this baby and his parents.

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