St. Louis area 3-year-old kills himself with gun in bedroom

JENNINGS, Mo. (AP) — Another shooting has claimed the life of a child in the St. Louis area, but police say they believe the child found the gun in a bedroom and shot himself.
Police say a 3-year-old boy was home with his mother and father when he found an unsecured firearm in a bedroom of their apartment and accidentally discharged it, hitting himself. A statement from police says that the incident is being investigated as an accident.
Police spokeswoman Tracy Panus says his mother contac