SPARTANBURG, S.C. – A mother was shot and killed by her 3-year-old child who found a gun inside their South Carolina home, authorities said.
Cora Lyn Bush, 33, died at the hospital a short time after the shooting Wednesday morning, the Spartanburg County Coroner’s Office said in a statement.
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The child’s grandmother was in the home and what she told deputies matched the evidence therein, the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
Deputies continue to investigate how the child was able to get the gun and why it wasn't secure.
Nearly 200 children have unintentionally fired a gun they found in 2022, resulting in more than 80 deaths, according to data collected by Everytown for Gun Safety, a group working to prevent gun violence.
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