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Pregnant Ohio mom fatally shot by 2-year-old son who found gun on nightstand, police say
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A pregnant Ohio mother died last week after she was accidentally shot in the back by her 2-year-old son, who found a loaded weapon on a nearby nightstand, police said.
Police Chief David Smith of Norwalk told reporters Tuesday that he was one of the officers who responded shortly after 1 p.m. Friday after multiple calls to 911 from the woman. Smith identified the victim as 31-year-old Laura Ilg, CBS affiliate WOIO-TV reported.
Ilg told 911 operators she had been shot in the back, went into shock and couldn't breathe, Smith said. Police found her still conscious on her bedroom floor with a Sig Sauer Micro 9mm gun resting on the nightstand.
"She explained she was 33 weeks pregnant, and her 2-year-old just accidentally shot her in the back," Smith said.
The victim was rushed to Fisher-Titus Medical Center for an emergency cesarean section, but doctors weren't able to save the baby. The mother died three hours later, authorities said.
Smith said the house was full of safety features, but baby gates that were usually closed had been left open. The victim was doing laundry in the bedroom, which was usually locked, and apparently didn't realize the child had followed her before he started playing with the gun and it discharged, Smith said.
Police said a loaded shotgun and rifle were also found in the home. Smith urged families to lock up guns and never leave them loaded and unattended. No arrests have been made in the case.
"Trigger locks, gun safes, there's a million varieties, and they aren't that expensive. At the very least, leave them unloaded," he said.
"Words truly cannot express how heartbreaking this is, and we cannot imagine the pain and heartache," the department said in a statement.
According to an online obituary, Ilg "always wanted to be a mother and wife."
Unintentional shootings happen most often when children are at home, according to the nonprofit Everytown for Gun Safety. The organization reviewed data from 2015 to 2022 and found that the highest number of unintentional child shootings per day occurred in the summer.
At least 895 children aged 5 and under have managed to find a gun and unintentionally shoot themselves or someone else from 2015 to 2022, according to Everytown.
Already this year, a 6-year-old boy shot his infant sibling twice in one incident. In June, a 3-year-old boy died after he accidentally shot himself in Tennessee, officials said. In May, a 4-year-old girl accidentally shot and killed another child in Illinois, authorities said. Another 4-year-old girl was critically injured after she accidentally shot herself in the head in Georgia; her father had left the loaded gun on the floor of their home, police said.
Aliza Chasan contributed to this report.
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