A two-year-old boy fatally shot his pregnant mother and unborn brother with a loaded handgun that he found in their Ohio home, police said.

The mother, Laura Ilg, 31, managed to call 911 on June 16 and told them her son had accidentally shot her in the back while she was doing laundry, police chief David Smith said.

She was taken to hospital, but doctors could not save her baby after performing an emergency c-section. She died from her injuries later that day, Smith said.

Police said they discovered three loaded firearms in the house, including a Sig Sauer Micro 9mm handgun on a nightstand. The father, who was not home at the time, said they were his, according to media reports.

The tragic shooting is one of many similar incidents in the US, where there are more guns than people.

Received message. Here is a possible way to rewrite the paragraph: – A two-year-old boy fatally shot his pregnant mother and unborn brother with a loaded handgun that he found in their Ohio home, police said. The mother, Laura Ilg, 31, managed to call 911 on June 16 and told them her son had accidentally shot her in the back while she was doing laundry, police chief David Smith said.

She was taken to hospital, but doctors could not save her baby after performing an emergency c-section. She died from her injuries later that day, Smith said. Police said they discovered three loaded firearms in the house, including a Sig Sauer Micro 9mm handgun on a nightstand.

The father, who was not home at the time, said they were his, according to media reports. The tragic shooting is one of many similar incidents in the US, where there are more guns than people.

The Ohio shooting follows another case in Texas, where a three-year-old girl shot and killed her sister, four, with a handgun in their home in March. Five adults, including their parents, were there at the time.

Many US households have guns and children, but not enough of them store them safely, according to research. Johns Hopkins University’s School of Public Health found that less than half of the gun-owning households secure them properly.

Smith said the Ilg family had some safety measures, but he advised gun-owners to do more. “Get trigger locks, gun safes, or anything like that. They’re not too costly. Or at least, leave them (guns) unloaded,” he told News 5.