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Today's child shoots family member with unattended gun comes to us courtesy of Florida. (Actually that's where a LOT of them come from.)

Courtesy of My Fox Tampa Bay:

Detectives say a 4-year-old accidentally shot and injured their aunt – and the uncle is the one to blame.

It happened inside an SUV in the parking lot at 9017 East Adamo Drive.

The sheriff's office says the child's uncle, Randall Simmons, was showing the 4-year-old and 8-year-old his handgun. He then put the gun in the glove compartment, left the kids unattended, and a short time later, the child grabbed the gun. The child accidentally shot 30-year-old Shantell Wilson in the back.

Wilson was treated at the hospital, but the sheriff's office says the family was not cooperative with them.

Eventually, detectives said they were able to determine that Simmons had left the kids unattended with the gun in the vehicle.

A warrant for his arrest has been issued.

Thew uncle SHOWED the kids the guns.

Let them watch him put them into the glove compartment.

And then left them alone in the car.

Which led to the child's aunt being shot in the back.

Yeah he needs to be arrested alright. And then he needs to be kept as far away from children as possible for the rest of his life.

Remember folks, guns don't kill people, but they make it so that even four year old children have the opportunity to do so.

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