A three-year-old boy has died in Florida, United States, after shooting himself in the face with a pistol. As Sheriff Mike Chiltwooden stated at a press conference, the agents received a call this Wednesday from a 16-year-old girl, warning that she had found her little brother, three, shot in the face and no breath The agents and emergency services moved to the victim's home, but could not do anything to save his life.
The teenager had been left in the care of her brothers, ages three and seven, while her parents did the shopping at the supermarket. "I don't think there is anything in the legislation that can punish that family more than what it has already punished tonight," the officer lamented after the event. According to investigations, the boy took a 9mm Canik from her parents' table, pointed it at his face and fired.
The victim's father still doesn't believe it. He explained that they normally kept their firearms in a safe, but since the electronic lock had broken, they left it in a drawer, without imagining that they would access it. It should be noted that in the house search they also found a Glock on top of the refrigerator.
As indicated by the American organization Kaiser Family Foundation, firearms have become the leading cause of death in the United States by 2022. After the tragedy, the sheriff has asked for extreme caution in these situations, which are posing a serious problem in the North American country. "To parents who own guns: if you have young children, even teenagers, you should store them very well because you just don't know what can happen," he said.
