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Canadian Press NewsAlert: Boy, 2, accidentally shoots mother at Idaho Wal-Mart
Original Publication Date: December 30, 2014 4:20AM
Publication Updated: January 8, 2025 9:10PM
HAYDEN, Idaho – Authorities in northern Idaho say a 2-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his mother after he reached into her purse at a Wal-Mart store and the concealed gun fired.
Kootenai County sheriff’s spokesman Stu Miller tells reporters that the shooting was accidental and occurred in the store in Hayden, Idaho, a town about 40 miles northeast of Spokane, Washington.
Miller says the woman had a concealed weapons permit. Her identity has not been released.
The Wal-Mart closed after the shooting.
Hayden is a politically conservative town of about 9,000 people just north of Coeur d’Alene in Idaho’s northern panhandle.
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