Police: Toddler accidentally shoots mother in back
Dec 2, 2018 | 3:13 PM
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SHREVEPORT, La. — Police say a woman in Louisiana has been accidentally shot in the back by her 2-year-old child.
The Shreveport Times reports that the woman was seriously wounded in the shooting early Saturday morning. Police told the newspaper that the woman and her 2-year-old child were in a bedroom when the child appears to have accidentally discharged an unsecured handgun.
Authorities say the woman received a single shot to the back and was taken to a hospital. There was no immediate update on her condition Sunday.
Police said an investigation into the shooting is ongoing.
