GASTON COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV/Gray News) – Police in North Carolina are investigating a deadly shooting where a 4-year-old child was shot and killed on Tuesday.
Gaston County police report the child died of a gunshot wound after the boy’s mother, father, and another relative living at the home failed to secure a gun properly.
Investigators said the boy and one of his siblings found the gun that day and discharged it.
According to WBTV, the three adults living inside the home were identified as 22-year-old Savannah Brehm, 22-year-old Hector Mendoza and 21-year-old Keith Strughill
Source: ‘Heartbreaking’: 4-year-old shot, killed after finding gun; family members arrested