The father was charged and later released on $41,000 bond.
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PENSACOLA, Fla. — An 8-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed a 1-year-old girl and injured a 2-year-old girl Sunday at a Florida motel, authorities said.
The boy’s father left the gun holstered in the closet of his motel room in Pensacola. After leaving the room, her son found her and fired a bullet that went through and killed the baby and hit the toddler, Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons told a news conference Monday.
The children who were shot belonged to the father’s girlfriend.
The toddler should recover, Simmons said.
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The boy’s father returned to the room, took the gun and what investigators believe was drugs and left the room again, Simmons said.
He is charged with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, two counts of culpable negligence in storing a firearm near a minor resulting in injury, tampering with evidence and failure to store of a firearm as required.
He was arrested and later released on $41,000 bond.
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