An 8-year-old child in the United States caused a tragedy while playing with his father's pistol, killing a 12-month-old baby girl and injuring a two-year-old girl. Escambia County police in Florida released the case on the 27th, saying that 45-year-old Roderick Randall lived in

2024/04/2218:43:33 international 1859

Source: Xinhua News Agency

An 8-year-old child in the United States played with his father's pistol and caused a tragedy, resulting in the death of a 12-month-old baby girl and the injury of a two-year-old girl.

Escambia County police in Florida released the case on the 27th, saying that 45-year-old Roderick Randall lived in a motel with his girlfriend and four children. On the morning of the 26th, Randall was not in the house and his girlfriend was sleeping. His 8-year-old son found the pistol his father had left in the house and played with it. Unexpectedly, it went off. The bullet penetrated the body of the 12-month-old girl and then hit the two-year-old girl. . They are both the daughters of Randall's girlfriend. A two-year-old child was also in the house at the time. Police said the girl's injuries were not life-threatening.

An 8-year-old child in the United States caused a tragedy while playing with his father's pistol, killing a 12-month-old baby girl and injuring a two-year-old girl. Escambia County police in Florida released the case on the 27th, saying that 45-year-old Roderick Randall lived in  - DayDayNews

This is a gun for sale photographed at the "New Frontline" gun store in Las Vegas, the United States, on October 4, 2017. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Ying

Police said Randall returned to the hotel after the incident, took away the gun and drugs, left and returned later. He was charged with multiple crimes, including illegal possession of a firearm, gross negligence and tampering with evidence, and was released on bail after paying $41,000.

There are a proliferation of firearms among civilians in the United States, and gun violence is high. It is not uncommon for children to have firearms discharged, resulting in death or injury. According to statistics from the U.S. Gun Violence Archive website, more than 21,000 people have lost their lives to gun violence in the United States this year. (Hui Xiaoshuang)

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