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08-01-2010, 07:45 AM
Boy, aged four, shoots girl in the head with his mother's handgun
Last updated at 10:53 AM on 1st August 2010
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A three-year-old girl has been shot dead by a boy aged four - after he picked up a handgun left on a kitchen table and pointed it at her head.
The shocking shooting happened at the children's home in Indianapolis, U.S., around noon on Thursday.
Police are now trying to trace the boy and his father Curtis J White, 24.
The girl's mother, Fiona C Lee, was arrested and held in custody late Thursday on child neglect and drug charges. White lived with Lee in the home in North Sheffield Avenue.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/08/01/article-0-0AA29EA2000005DC-63_468x307.jpg Tragic scene: The Indianapolis house where a four-year-old boy killed a three-year-old girl with a handgun
The girl, Aunesti Lee Allen, died at Riley Hospital for Children a few hours after the shooting.
Police said the boy may have thought the gun was a toy, as many toy guns were lying around the house.
Lieutenant Jeff Duhamell, from Indianapolis Police Department, said: 'The boy picked up the gun, pointed it at her head and pulled the trigger.'The .45-claibre handgun was on a side table in the kitchen, within easy reach of any of the kids.
'This is a tragedy that easily could have been avoided. And the sad part is that the other children saw it. Now, there are many lives that have been turned upside down.'
Police have not found White or his son.
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Shrine: Distraught friends and neighbours have left toys at the scene of the shooting, while the girl's mother, Fiona C Lee, has been arrested for neglect
The father was not at the home at the time but came shortly afterward and accompanied Lee and her children to the hospital.
But he left the hospital before police could talk to him.
Lee's other two children saw the shooting. Police said the frightened children ran to a neighbour's house.
Detectives said they do not know the intent of the boy who pulled the trigger.
Duhamell said the mother admitted it was her handgun and knows she made a terrible mistake. Her children are under the care of her mother.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1299339/Boy-aged-shoots-girl-head-mothers-handgun.html#ixzz0vLzitUA4
Last updated at 10:53 AM on 1st August 2010
Comments (10) (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1299339/Boy-aged-shoots-girl-head-mothers-handgun.html#comments)
A three-year-old girl has been shot dead by a boy aged four - after he picked up a handgun left on a kitchen table and pointed it at her head.
The shocking shooting happened at the children's home in Indianapolis, U.S., around noon on Thursday.
Police are now trying to trace the boy and his father Curtis J White, 24.
The girl's mother, Fiona C Lee, was arrested and held in custody late Thursday on child neglect and drug charges. White lived with Lee in the home in North Sheffield Avenue.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/08/01/article-0-0AA29EA2000005DC-63_468x307.jpg Tragic scene: The Indianapolis house where a four-year-old boy killed a three-year-old girl with a handgun
The girl, Aunesti Lee Allen, died at Riley Hospital for Children a few hours after the shooting.
Police said the boy may have thought the gun was a toy, as many toy guns were lying around the house.
Lieutenant Jeff Duhamell, from Indianapolis Police Department, said: 'The boy picked up the gun, pointed it at her head and pulled the trigger.'The .45-claibre handgun was on a side table in the kitchen, within easy reach of any of the kids.
'This is a tragedy that easily could have been avoided. And the sad part is that the other children saw it. Now, there are many lives that have been turned upside down.'
Police have not found White or his son.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/08/01/article-0-0AA29E62000005DC-48_224x423.jpg
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/08/01/article-0-0AA2B2B6000005DC-97_224x423.jpg
Shrine: Distraught friends and neighbours have left toys at the scene of the shooting, while the girl's mother, Fiona C Lee, has been arrested for neglect
The father was not at the home at the time but came shortly afterward and accompanied Lee and her children to the hospital.
But he left the hospital before police could talk to him.
Lee's other two children saw the shooting. Police said the frightened children ran to a neighbour's house.
Detectives said they do not know the intent of the boy who pulled the trigger.
Duhamell said the mother admitted it was her handgun and knows she made a terrible mistake. Her children are under the care of her mother.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1299339/Boy-aged-shoots-girl-head-mothers-handgun.html#ixzz0vLzitUA4