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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Namita Singh

Woman shoots dead four-year-old girl in ‘firearms safety’ lesson

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A Tennessee woman told investigators that she was teaching a four-year-old “firearms safety” lesson when she fatally shot the toddler last Sunday.

The suspect, identified as Breanna Gayle Runions, was charged with first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse for allegedly pushing a loaded gun into four-year-old Evangaline Gunter’s chest and pulling the trigger in Rockwood. The gun fired, killing the girl, reported the Charlotte Observer.

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