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Father charged after 4-year-old accidentally fatally shot himself
Franklin Co. Sheriff Dept./KMOV
UNION, Missouri (KMOV) A 4-year-old boy is dead after accidentally shooting himself in Union, Missouri Thursday morning.
According to Franklin County Sheriff’s Department, the child’s father was sleeping in the living room and placed a loaded gun on the floor under the couch. Just before 6 a.m., the child got up and walked into the room to get a drink. The father left the room to use the bathroom and as he was returning to the room, he heard a gunshot. The child had shot himself.
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The reason why the Interstate was shut was that the chase lasted 10 miles and the officials had to employ various tools to slow the vehicle that they were chasing down. Spike strips and other tire deflation devices on the highway were deployed to ensure that a deputy was allowed to travel alongside the vehicle that was being chased.
At the end of the chase, the driver who happened to be the suspect that the police were chasing ended up shooting himself inside the vehicle after a female passenger got out of the vehicle causing the disruption and closure of I-44. The police, according to reports, pointed a handgun at the driver who refused to get out of the SUV even after the verbal contact.