The United States is the country in the world with the most guns per capita. AndrejPopov | iStock
The woman, who was eight months pregnant, managed to call the police and her husband, but did not survive the gunshot wounds.
The United States is a country in the world with more guns per capita32% of the population admit to having a firearm at home, according to Amnesty International’s 2021 survey. These figures explain why tragedies like the one that happened in the country last week are happening in a major North American power Ohio. AND two years old accidentally shot his mother31 years old and eight months pregnant, inflicting injuries that caused her death.
The event he reports on Vanguard, it happened in the city of Norwalk. According to the data collected by the police, it was the woman, Laura Ilg, who called the emergency services by phone and informed them about the fatal accident; she also called her 28-year-old husband, who was at work. The woman was transferred to a medical center where she underwent an emergency caesarean section, but neither she nor the baby she was carrying survived.
When EMS arrived at the home, the woman was still conscious and told part of what happened. “Everything indicates that this was a tragic mistake, they left the gun outside of his closet,” said David Smith, the city’s police chief, who explained that officers found the door to the closet where he kept the gun open. The gun was confiscated by the police, who also took an additional 12-round magazine from the house, a 12-gauge Mossberg shotgun with six rounds and airsoft.
Source: La Vozde Galicia
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