Mother accidentally shot dead by two-year-old son who found gun on back seat of car
Patrice Price and her son were in her security guard boyfriend's car when the child found a gun left on the backseat and killed her with a bullet to the back
A young mum died after being accidentally shot by her two-year-old son while she was driving.
Patrice Price and her son were in her security guard boyfriend's car when the child found a gun left on the backseat and killed her with a bullet to the back.
The 26-year-old woman managed to pull the car over before she died.
She was pronounced dead on Wisconsin Highway 175 near Vilet, Milwaukee, on Tuesday.
Her father Andre Price told WISN his daughter was a hard-working mother who had three children.
He said: "Now I don't have her no more. My chest has been hurting. I have a knot in my chest. They won't even let me see my daughter. I wanted to hold my daughter for one last time."
The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement : "Initial witness accounts indicate that a child in the back seat of the vehicle got ahold of a gun and discharged the firearm, sending a single bullet into the driver’s back,.
"The investigation into the death is on-going.”
