A pregnant US mother died last week after she was accidentally shot in the back by her 2-year-old son who found a loaded weapon on a nearby nightstand, police said.
Police Chief David Smith of Norwalk, Ohio, told reporters Tuesday that he was one of the officers who responded shortly after 1pm Friday after multiple calls to 911 from the woman.
The 31-year-old victim, named as Laura Ilg, told 911 operators she had been shot in the back, went into shock and couldn’t breathe, Smith said. Police found her still conscious on her bedroom floor with a Sig Sauer Micro 9mm gun resting on the nightstand.
“She explained she was 33 weeks pregnant, and her 2-year-old just accidentally shot her in the back,” Smith said.
Ilg was rushed to Fisher-Titus Medical Center for an emergency cesarean section, but doctors weren’t able to save the baby. Ilg died three hours later, authorities said.