A woman was shot and killed at a Walmart store in northern Idaho yesterday when her 2-year-old son pulled a loaded handgun from her purse that then shot her with it.
The 29-year-old woman was shopping at a Walmart in Hayden, Idaho, with the toddler seated in her shopping cart when the incident occurred, Kootenai County Sheriff Ben Wolfinger said in a written statement.
Sheriff´s officials said investigators were still processing the scene of the shooting, which took place shortly after 10 a.m. in the store´s electronics department.
The woman´s identity was withheld by authorities pending notification of next of kin.
