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Two-Year-Old Accidentally shoots and kills pregnant mother with father's loaded handgun

  • The mother called 911 after being shot in the back by her 2-year-old son at their Ohio home
  • Doctors performed an emergency C-section but the unborn child did not survive and the mother died from her injuries
  • The gun belonged to the father and was usually kept loaded in a nightstand next to the bed
  • Police are investigating how the toddler accessed the gun and pulled the trigger
  • The case has been forwarded to prosecutors to consider criminal charges
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