What's missing in this report?
Los Angeles police say a 9-year-old boy playing with a loaded gun accidentally shot and killed his 2-year-old brother.The parents are missing. Who owned this gun? How did it get in the hands of the boy? It just appeared and was fired at the baby? There is a crime in this incident, but it's prevented from reaching the surface of the story.Police said in a statement Saturday that officers and paramedics found the toddler with a bullet wound to the torso after they were called to the boys' home in the San Fernando Valley.
Police say the 2-year-old died at a hospital Friday night.
The statement says homicide detectives interviewed family members and determined that the gun had gone off while the 9-year-old was playing with it.
Police say no criminal charges are pending.
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