ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO — The boy, 3, shot his father and pregnant mother at a hotel Saturday afternoon.
Both parents are recovering. The Albuquerque Police Department said in a statement that it appears the toddler took a handgun out of his mother’s purse while looking for an iPod.
The boy fired one shot, injuring both parents.
The bullet first struck his father in the buttock and then hit the shoulder of his mother, who is eight months pregnant. His 2-year-old sister was present but unhurt.
The Albuquerque Journal reports that the family was living in the hotel room where the shooting occurred.
Police say child care officials are taking care of the children.
Albuquerque is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico.
It is a high-altitude city and serves as the county seat of Bernalillo County, and it is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande.
