Two-Year-Old Boy Fatally Shot His Pregnant Mother in Ohio
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Laura Ilg, 31, called 911 Friday afternoon and told dispatcher she was 33 weeks old pregnant and that her 2-year-old son had shot her, the Norwalk Police Department said.
Ohio police say a pregnant woman died last week after her 2-year-old son grabbed a gun and shot her in the back.
Laura Ilg, 31, called 911 Friday afternoon and told dispatcher she was 33 weeks pregnant and had been shot by her 2-year-old son, the Norwalk Police Department said in a statement. reviewed by NBC.
Her husband, Alek, reported moments later that he had received a call from his wife yelling at him to call the police.
Police released audio of the 911 call, and the woman can be heard crying out for help in a panic.
Deputies arrived at 1:14 pm, three minutes after their first call was made, and forced entry into the home.
She told officers what happened while they were rendering assistance, police said.
“Laura was transported to Fisher Titus Medical Center, where she underwent an emergency C-section,” said the police.
Her unborn child was pronounced dead less than an hour after the 911 call was made,
Officers who responded to the call took possession of the weapon, a Sig Sauer P365, along with a casing and loaded magazine.
The couple told authorities the gun was stored on a nightstand in their bedroom. There was also a 12-gauge shotgun and an airsoft rifle in the house, police said.
No charges have been filed, but police said the results of the investigation will be forwarded to the local prosecutor's office.
On Monday night, a 7-year-old boy fatally shot a 5-year-old boy inside a house in eastern Kentucky.
A The initial investigation found that the shooting reported Monday night at McKee's home was accidental, Kentucky State Police said in a statement.
Life-saving measures were attempted, but the Jackson County coroner pronounced the boy dead at the scene, police said.
There have been more than 150 unintentional shootings by children in the US so far this year, resulting in at least 58 deaths and 101 injuries, according to advocacy group Every town for Gun Safety.