Story highlights
- Police say the boy removed a handgun from his mother's purse
- He fired one shot, striking his father
- The bullet apparently exited through the father's hip and hit the mother
A 3-year-old boy shot his father and pregnant mother over the weekend inside a hotel room in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Police
say the boy removed a handgun from his mother's purse Saturday and
fired one shot, striking his father in the lower backside.
The
bullet apparently exited through the father's hip and hit the mother in
the right shoulder. She is eight months pregnant, said Officer Simon
Drobik of the Albuquerque Police Department.
The
father was treated and released from the hospital while the mother was
hospitalized in stable condition. The condition of her unborn child is
unknown.
The boy and his 2-year-old
sister, who was also in the hotel room, are under the care of the
Children's Youth and Families department. They were not injured in the
incident.
Drobik
says the case has been sent to Albuquerque District Attorney's Office,
which will determine whether the parents will be charged with criminal
negligence.
Police did not identify the family.
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