A 4-year-old girl in the United States was shot and killed by her older sister who was only 1 year old. At least 18 people were killed in shooting accidents during the Independence Day holiday alone, and more than 400 people have already died this year.
Jieun Hong is a correspondent in Los Angeles.
[Reporter]
Several police cars are dispatched in broad daylight in front of a peaceful residential area.
There, a 4-year-old girl was shot and killed by her one-year-old sister안전놀이터.
Children playing found a gun in a chest of drawers and her sister accidentally pulled the trigger on her younger brother.
There was a grandmother in her family, but she couldn’t stop it because it happened in an instant.
[Suzanne Woodland / Cumberland, Indiana Police Commissioner: The child was shot and killed while playing with other brothers and sisters on the upper floor of her house.] As such, gun-related
accidents continue to occur throughout the United States.
There were 17 shootings over the Independence Day holiday alone.
In Washington, a mass shooting took place late at night after a fireworks display.
At least nine people were injured, including students as young as 10 who were out watching the fireworks.
[Leslie Parsons/Washington DC Police Department Chief: Looking for a dark SUV . The vehicle stopped on the street and shot at residents outside to celebrate Independence Day.]
At least 18 people were killed and more than 100 injured in shootings in Philadelphia and Louisiana over the Independence Day holiday.
CNN reports that at least 412 people have been shot and killed this year.