Crime & Safety
St. Louis Shooting: 2-Year-Old Kills Sleeping Dad
The boy was handling the firearm in a bed where Darrion Noble, 27, was sleeping. Noble was shot in the neck, police said.
ST. LOUIS, MO — A 2-year-old boy accidentally shot his father to death while playing with a gun in St. Louis, police said.
Police said Darrion Noble, 27, was shot in the neck Saturday afternoon and died at the scene, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. The boy was handling the firearm in a bed where Noble was sleeping.
It's unclear who owns the gun or how the child found it. Further details weren't immediately released. (For more information on Noble's killing and other St. Louis stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)
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