Tuesday, July 9, 2024 -A two-year-old boy has died after accidentally sh00ting himself in the head in a Walmart parking lot as his parents shopped for fireworks.
Odums’ parents left him alone in their vehicle on the afternoon before the Fourth of July as they went to purchase fireworks at a nearby stand, reported WALB.
Witnesses said that his parents heard a gunshot and ran to their car and
found him with a wound in the chest.
The toddler was rushed to a hospital
in Douglas, Georgia, and then to a trauma centre in another state.
On Saturday, July 6, the Douglas
Police Department wrote on Facebook that it “regrets to inform the community
that the young child who suffered an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound on
July 3, 2024, has sadly passed away this afternoon” at the trauma center in
Jacksonville, Florida.
“Authorities are continuing their
investigation to determine the exact circumstances surrounding the incident,”
the police department wrote.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with
the family during this difficult time.”
“He was definitely the light and love
for his parents Sam Odums and Laileighauna Parks,” his grandmother Candi
Brinson wrote. “He smiled brightly, wholeheartedly, loved unconditionally.”
It was not immediately known if the parents
would face any charges in connection with the fatal shooting. There were no
indications they had been arrested.
Douglas Police Chief Brannen Pruette told
The Independent: “You’re allowed to have a gun in the car, but when there’s a
child involved, you need to make sure that the gun is secure so that the child
doesn’t have access to it.”
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