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<strong>DOLTON, Ill. (CBS)</strong> — A 3-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his mother in Dolton over the weekend, police said.
At 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Dolton police were called to the Food for Less parking lot at 100 E. Sibley Blvd. for a person shot. They found Daejah Bennett, 22, unresponsive in the front passenger seat of a car, police said.
Bennett was with her 3-year-old son and a man whose relationship to them was not specified.
Police determined that the 3-year-old somehow got a hold of the man’s gun and started playing with it in the car. At some point, the boy pulled the trigger and shot his mother in the back, police said.
Bennett was pronounced dead at an area hospital.
The man has been detained by Dolton police until the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office determines whether to file charges and what charges are appropriate. There is not anticipated timeframe on charges, police said.
Police are investigating whether the man was allowed to possess the gun legally.
Source: ChicagoCBS
