Toddler Accidentally Fires Mother’s Gun in Walmart, Police Say

Toddler Accidentally Fires Mother’s Gun in Walmart, Police Say
The entrance to a Walmart store in Pittsburgh on June 25, 2019. Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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WAVERLY, Ohio—Police say a woman is facing a child endangerment charge after her toddler found a gun in her purse and accidentally fired it in a southern Ohio Walmart store last week.

The Waverly Police Department said the woman told officers who responded shortly after 11 a.m. Thursday that the 2-year-old boy took her Taurus 9mm firearm from her purse, and it went off.