DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A father has been charged with murder after his 2-year-old grabbed his unsecured gun and accidentally shot and killed himself, DeKalb County Police said.
According to the DeKalb County Police Department, officers responded at 5:41 p.m. to the 1900 block of Shamrock Drive in reference to a person shot. When they got there, they found a 2-year-old boy who had been shot. He was rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, where he later died.
The father, 39-year-old Michael Labiron, was arrested and charged with felony murder and second-degree cruelty to children.
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