The family heard a gunshot and ran into the room, where they found the older girl unresponsive on the floor. 9News
Calling Sunday's incident "tragic" but "very preventable," Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said a group of family and friends - five adults and the two children - were hanging out inside a Houston apartment.
At one point, the children were unsupervised in a bedroom because each parent thought the other was watching them, he said.Family members heard a single gunshot and ran into the room to find the three-year-old girl girl had shot her sister.The family heard a gunshot and ran into the room, where they found the older girl unresponsive on the floor.
"It just seems like another tragic story of another child gaining access to a firearm and hurting someone else," Gonzalez said.The sheriff said the investigation is ongoing and noted that it is "very likely" that someone faces charges for failing to secure the weapon.The Texas shooting is just the latest instance of a child using an unsecured firearm and causing tragedy.The teacher is recovering.
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