Boy, 11, is shot dead by 9-year-old after he found handgun in car when they were left alone in Walmart parking lot while woman, 32, went shopping
- Police say an 11-year-old boy was fatally shot by a 9-year-old in a Dallas Walmart Neighborhood Market parking lot after they were left alone in a car
- According to police, a 32-year-old woman left the two boys alone in a parked car as she went shopping on Sunday afternoon
- Police say the 9-year-old boy found a handgun in the car and shot the 11-year-old
- The unidentified 11-year-old was taken to a local hospital with a gunshot wound where he was pronounced dead
An 11-year-old boy was shot dead by a nine-year-old after they found a gun in their car when they were left alone in a Walmart parking lot in Dallas.
The boys were left unsupervised by a 32-year-old woman when she went shopping on Sunday afternoon, police say. They did not reveal the woman’s relationship to the children.
Authorities say the nine-year-old boy found the handgun in the car and used it to shoot the 11-year-old.
The boy was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Police say a 9-year-old boy found a gun in a car and fatally shot an 11-year-old boy in a Walmart parking lot Sunday afternoon
Police arrived to the Dallas Walmart parking lot shortly after the shooting and the 11-year-old was transpoted to a local hospital where he died
Dallas Police have not made an arrest in this case and said investigations are ongoing
The two boys were not related, ABC 8 reports.
Police have not released the identities of the children or the 32-year-old woman.
No arrests have been made and investigations are ongoing.
A spokesperson for the Dallas Police Department said: ‘When officers arrived at the location, they found an 11-year-old male with a gunshot wound.
‘The complainant was transported to a local hospital and was pronounced deceased. The witness, a 32-year-old female had parked her vehicle at the location and left the complainant and the 9-year-old male suspect alone in her vehicle while she went shopping.
‘Initial reports are that the suspect found a handgun in the vehicle and shot the complaint. The investigation is ongoing.’
The boys found a gun in their car when they were left alone in a Walmart parking lot
In a 2020 report on gun violence, the Children’s Defense Fund claimed that gun violence was the second leading cause of death for children and teens ages 1-19.
According to the report, in 2017, 3,410 children and teens were killed with guns in America—the highest number since 1998.
The study also found that since 1963, 186,239 children and teens have been killed with guns in the United States, ‘four times the number of U.S. soldiers killed in action in the Vietnam, Persian Gulf, Afghanistan and Iraq wars combined.’
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