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<\/a> news.sky.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A three-year-old has grabbed a gun and shot a murder suspect and his own mother in the US state of Indiana.<\/p>\n
The toddler, who according to reports is a boy, fired just one bullet which struck both Trayshaun Smith, 23, and the youngster’s 21-year-old mum Jalynn Artis.<\/p>\n
Smith was taken into custody by police in Lafayette after he was treated for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.<\/p>\n
He was arrested on an active murder warrant which had been issued in neighbouring Cook County, Illinois.<\/p>\n
He and Ms Artis, who was also not seriously injured in the shooting, are friends, according to police.<\/p>\n
Lafayette officers were called after a report of two people being shot shortly after 8.30pm last Thursday at an apartment in the city.<\/p>\n
Smith had been visiting the property.<\/p>\n
Officers have not disclosed how the child got access to the gun or what led to him firing the weapon.<\/p>\n
The Indiana Department of Child Services was contacted about the youngster getting hold of the gun but “no immediate action was taken”, Lieutenant Justin Hartman told USA Today.<\/p>\n
As of Monday morning, there have not been any additional arrests or charges regarding the toddler accessing the gun but the Tippecanoe County Prosecutor’s Office is reviewing the case, the website added.<\/p>\n
Lafayette is about 60 miles northwest of Indianapolis.<\/p>\n
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