A 3-year-old US girl found a loaded gun at home and accidentally shot her sister, killing the 4-year-old, police said.
Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said the girls were in the bedroom of an apartment in Houston, where they lived with their parents.
Five adults, who were all family members or family friends, were in other parts of the apartment and the girls were unintentionally left unsupervised around 8pm on Sunday evening (local time), Gonzalez said.
“The 3-year-old gained access to a loaded, semi-automatic pistol. Family members heard a single gunshot. They ran into the room and found the small toddler, 4 years old, unresponsive,” Gonzalez said.
The girl was pronounced dead at the scene after police responded to a 911 call by the family, Gonzalez told journalists outside the home.