A 5-year-old Louisiana girl died on Saturday after she shot herself while playing with a handgun, police said.
Sheriff’s deputies in St. John the Baptist Parish were called to a home in LaPlace at around 9:45 a.m. The child’s father said the girl shot herself while playing with the firearm, the office said in a statement on Facebook.
“The father said he was taking a shower when he heard a gunshot,” sheriff’s Lt. Greg Baker told NBC affiliate WDSU-TV in New Orleans. “He got out of the shower, and that’s when he discovered that his daughter had accidentally shot herself.”
Baker stressed that parents who own guns need to be cautions.
