“If you do own a firearm, keep it locked or unloaded, away from children,” Moreno said. A 5-year-old girl was playing with her baby brother and 3-year-old neighbor early Wednesday when she found a gun, police said. READ MORE:Sleeping 3-year-old boy fatally shot by the gun under his grandmother’s pillow, police sayPeople are getting shot by toddlers on a weekly basisBoy, 11, charged with killing 8-year-old girl after argument about puppies During one week in April, at least four children shot themselves with guns they found. Moreno said the 8th precinct gives out free gun locks to gun owners who request them.

Source: Washington Post May 11, 2016 16:03 UTC