The shooting happened last Saturday afternoon at a motel in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The couple was shot apparently after the child grabbed a .45-caliber handgun from his mother’s purse and fired one shot, striking both his father and his pregnant mother.
Both parents were arrested Thursday on a charge of child abuse without great bodily harm, according to a state criminal complaint. The boy and his 2-year-old sister, who also was in the room, were not injured in the incident.
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Albuquerque police said the mother is eight months pregnant. The boy and his 2-year-old sister were placed into temporary custody with the Children’s, Youth and Families Department.
CNN’s Carma Hassan contributed to this report.
