Missouri 2-year-old dies in gun accident

Published December 25, 2021 7:12 AM

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — A toddler from suburban Kansas City has died when a gun the child was handling discharged. The shooting happened Friday afternoon in Independence, Missouri. The name of the 2-year-old child has not been released. Police say they were initially told that the child was struck by a bullet from a drive-by shooting. Investigators later determined that was not that case, but rather the child was struck by a bullet while handling the weapon. Police say an adult who was in the home fled when officers arrived, and their vehicle crashed. The driver fled the crash scene and is still being sought.

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