Child accidentally shoots mom while sitting in backseat of car outside Norwalk preschool

[WeekiWater]

NORWALK, Calif. (KABC) -- A mother in Norwalk was hospitalized after her child accidentally shot her while he was in the backseat of their car Wednesday.

Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies and crime scene tape surrounded Ramona Preschool in the afternoon hours following the shooting in the parking lot.

"We received a call of an assault with a deadly weapon gunshot victim. When deputies got there, they found an adult female Hispanic with what appeared to be a gunshot wound to her upper torso," Deputy Marvin Crowder said.

The woman was shot while sitting in the driver's seat of a black Honda outside the school. Her children were in the backseat when her son, who is under the age of 5, somehow got hold of a shotgun.

https://abc7.com/child-accidentally-shoots-mom-outside-norwalk-preschool/5104058/

[jberryhill]

1. Lock her up

Sick and tired of this shit.

If people cannot safely manage their toys, then they need to be put away for a while.

And, no, I don't care if she was the one who got shot. These people need to be locked the fuck up. They are a menace to public safety.

[MontanaMama]

2. It happens.

A 5 year old “somehow got a hold of a shotgun”???? I don’t even know where to start. JFC.

[eppur_se_muova]

3. "Somehow got hold of a shotgun" ... that's one precocious kid, huh ?

Or maybe a really, really careless (adult) gun owner.

[Aristus]

4. BLAM!!! "That's for leaving your gun unsecured, Mom!"

Smart kid...

[pandr32]

5. her 5yo son..."somehow got hold of a shotgun"???

Somehow?
Let me guess. It was already in the car.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

6. Yet one more example of how guns make us safer, right?

[ExciteBike66]

7. Another "responsible" gun owner, keeping the loaded shotgun in the back seat with her kid... nt