Toddler accidentally shoots mom dead while she's changing baby's diaper
- 9 years ago
A Tulsa woman is dead after her toddler son accidentally shot her in the head while she was changing her 1-year-old daughter’s diaper, police say.
According to police, it appears that her 3-year-old son shot her with a semiautomatic handgun.
Christa Engles, 26, was pronounced dead at a local hospital just after 5:30 p.m. on Monday after being transported from her east Tulsa home in “grave condition,” according to KJRH.
According to a neighbor, the toddler found the gun underneath the couch.
Engles was found by the children’s grandmother after she arrived home to find the victim in the front room of the house with a gunshot wound to the head, police say.
According to police, it appears that her 3-year-old son shot her with a semiautomatic handgun.
Christa Engles, 26, was pronounced dead at a local hospital just after 5:30 p.m. on Monday after being transported from her east Tulsa home in “grave condition,” according to KJRH.
According to a neighbor, the toddler found the gun underneath the couch.
Engles was found by the children’s grandmother after she arrived home to find the victim in the front room of the house with a gunshot wound to the head, police say.