Police: 3-year-old child dies from gunshot wound
Nov 17, 2022, 7:31 AM | Updated: 10:29 am
(Jay Hancock/KSL TV)
TAYLORSVILLE, Utah — A 3-year-old child died Thursday morning due to a gunshot wound, according to police.
Sgt. Aaron Cheshire with the Taylorsville Police Department said officers responded to an apartment complex near 1645 W. Thornhill Drive after the child’s parents called 911, saying the child had shot themselves.
Emergency crews arrived at approximately 12:15 a.m. and attempted life-saving measures but pronounced the child dead at the scene.
Cheshire said the incident is under investigation.
Police called the shooting “a tragic accident.”
“It is believed at this time that the toddler accessed an unsecured firearm,” police said in a statement.
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