National Post (National Edition)

MAN CHARGED AFTER CHILD, 3, SHOOTS HER SISTER DEAD

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Police arrested a Tennessee man after a three-year-old child allegedly used his gun to fatally shoot his one-year-old daughter. The shooting took place Friday morning in Memphis, WMCA reported. Shawn Moore, 25, was at the apartment of the mother of his one-year-old daughter, Robin Keefer. Moore helped her put the infant to sleep, then allegedly left a handgun within reach of the bed. He forgot it there and left the room, police said. Keefer’s three-year-old sibling allegedly found the gun, picked it and shot the infant. Unidentifi­ed witnesses heard the gunshots and found the child wounded, the Associated Press reported. Moore then allegedly grabbed the gun and fled the scene. Police found Robin lying in the bedroom with an gunshot wound to the head of which she later died in hospital. On Saturday, police charged Moore with criminally negligent homicide, being a convicted felon with a handgun and tampering with evidence.Robin’s family was still reeling from her sudden death over the weekend.

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