toddler, 2, killed by brother [View All]

[MichaelHarris]

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The fatal shooting last week of a 2-year-old toddler by his 3-year-old brother doesn't merit criminal charges, a southern Idaho prosecutor said Thursday.Brandon Herrera died early Oct. 14 at a Boise hospital after being shot with a six-cylinder, .22 caliber revolver inside his family's home in Rupert, a small sugar beet farming town about 165 miles east of Idaho's capital city.

Rupert Police Department officials concluded during a week long investigation that the 3-year-old boy found his grandfather's loaded revolver in an unsecured gun safe located inside the family's home. http://www.idahopress.com/news/state/no-charges-after-id-toddler-killed-by-brother/article_5306c95d-d4db-555f-8d0c-3ba42330ed9c.html

Want to know why they didn't prosecute the gun owner? Because the children had been asked not to enter the room where the guns were located. So someone asked a 2 year old and a 3 year old not to enter the gun room. Also, the gun owner didn't think a 2 or 3 year old could open the door of the safe.