BIENVILLE PARISH, La. — A Louisiana toddler has died in what appears to be an accidental shooting, authorities said.
According to KSLA and KTAL, the incident occurred Tuesday night in a mobile home in Bienville Parish. Three-year-old Timothy Murphy, his mother and her boyfriend were in bed when a gun discharged, striking the toddler, the Bienville Parish Sheriff’s Office said.
The mother drove Murphy to Minden Medical Center, where doctors pronounced him dead shortly after 11 p.m., KSLA reported.
Investigators believe the shooting was accidental and do not suspect foul play, authorities said Wednesday. Sheriff John Ballance said the gun involved in the incident had been left at the end of a bed, within the boy’s reach, according to KSLA.
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