Dad leaves gun in car with 3 yr old who then shoots Mom :(

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Dad leaves gun in car with 3 yr old who then shoots Mom :(

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MERRILLVILLE, IN (RNN) – A father was charged with child endangerment after police said he left his handgun in the car, where his 3-year-old daughter got hold of it and accidentally shot her mother.

The girl grabbed her father's gun Tuesday while in a vehicle outside of Plato's Closet with her mother, 21-year-old Shaneque Thomas, and her 1-year-old brother, according to the Northwest Indiana Times.

Police said 21-year-old Menzo Brazier, Thomas' boyfriend and the children's father, left the 9 mm handgun in the center console while he went inside to shop, WLS reports.

The gun went off when the girl grabbed it, according to police.

The bullet traveled through the seat and struck Thomas, who is six weeks pregnant, through her back and in her right shoulder.
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The unlocked center-console, unlocked glovebox, and accessible door-card (think large cupholder/laptop recess, but in the doors of the driver and front passenger) continue to be problematic despite repeated incidents such as this. :(

Parents really should know better, gun-owning parents, double.
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21 years old, 2 kids , and pregnant? We need to slow the production idiots....
Somewhere, Darwin is crying...

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TSiWRX wrote:The unlocked center-console, unlocked glovebox, and accessible door-card (think large cupholder/laptop recess, but in the doors of the driver and front passenger) continue to be problematic despite repeated incidents such as this. :(

Parents really should know better, gun-owning parents, double.
Something tells me that this isn't the only thing they don't know better about.
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I still can't figure out why any gun owner with half a brain does not leave their gun in a holster...with some retention this may of even avoided.

And what was the mother doing in the front seat next to the console ? More to this story...
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