A two-year-old boy in the United States accidentally shot his pregnant mother on Friday, killing her as well as her unborn baby, said police.
According the New York post, police responded about 1:15 p.m. Friday to a 911 call from 31-year-old Laura Ilg, who told dispatchers she had been shot in the back by her 2-year-old son inside their Norwalk home.
Seconds later, authorities said they received a call from Ilg’s husband, 28-year-old Alek Ilg, whose wife reportedly told him to call 911 after “screaming something about my son,” the release states. He was at work at the time.
Officers arrived to find Ilg, who was 33 weeks pregnant, with her son in her upstairs bedroom, along with a loaded semi-automatic pistol. Police said Ilg was fully conscious and she told officers what happened.
According to the release, she was rushed to Fisher-Titus Medical Center, where surgeons performed an emergency c-section.
However, Ilg’s unborn child died, and Ilg was declared dead about three hours later.
Police said the gun, which belongs to Ilg’s husband, was allegedly usually kept in a nightstand in the couple’s bedroom.
Before her death, Ilg told police that the room is typically kept locked and multiple baby gates are set up around the house, according to Cleveland 19 News.
She reportedly said her son somehow got into the room and started playing with the gun while she was doing laundry.
