The Volusia County Sheriff's Office calls in the incident 'one of the worst calls imaginable.'
DeLAND, Florida — A 3-year-old boy is dead after he found his father’s handgun in a nightstand and fatally shot himself in an incident that the sheriff’s department describes as “one of the worst calls imaginable.”
The boy’s father is a Florida state corrections officer but the gun involved was not department-issued, according to the sheriff’s office. No identities have been released and no arrests have been made, but the shooting remains under investigation and evidence will be presented to the state attorney’s office.
When the shooting occurred, the parents were at a Publix supermarket and the boy was at home with his 16-year-old sister and 7-year-old brother, the sheriff’s office says. The boy went into the parents’ bedroom and found the handgun in his father’s nightstand. He fired the weapon once. Counseling is being provided to the family and to the deputies who responded to the scene, the sheriff’s office says. Chitwood says he recommends that families with firearms in their homes listen to the 911 calls made after the shooting occurred.
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