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Wednesday 26 November 2014

Mother shot dead by her 3 year old son at their home in Oklahoma

26 year old Crista Engles (pictured above) was accidentally shot dead by her 3 year old son at their home as she was attending to her 1 year old daughter.

According NBC News, the little boy shot and killed his mother after finding a loaded semi-automatic handgun in their home in Tulsa, Oklahoma yesterday November 25th.

The woman's mother who also lives in the house, but wasn't present when the horrible accident occurred, came home and found the 3 year old and 1 year old covered in blood and crying, this is according to Tulsa police. She found her daughter unresponsive beside her children and thought she'd been killed by an intruder. She immediately called the police.


But while investigating, the police found out that the boy had found the gun under a sofa in the living room and had accidentally fired it. Unfortunately his mum was in the line of fire. Police said when they visited the home, they found a lot of guns there. The woman's husband wasn't home when the incident occurred.

77 comments:

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    1. It's her husband's fault...how can u have many guns in d house and even place it where your children can see it knowing fully well dat kids love playing with such thing...I short, in conclusion it's her husband that indirectly killed her...Rip woman!!!

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    2. Your reasoning is zero, how's that the husbands fault? What if it was the lady that dropped the gun there, so quick to blame the man. I guess you have suffered at the hands of men. Aunty Pele oo

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    3. Ahhhh...... How did you know, it might be d woman herself that owns the GUN tho.... Next time don't judge unnecessarily

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  2. Omg! Can't believe this #onelovefromSnow#

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  3. america stop this gun madness

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  4. RIP

    Amakadarlyn@yahoo.com

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  5. ...what do you expect when anyone can walk in a shop and purchase a gun?

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  6. God have mercy, wat dis children are been exposed to

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  7. God have mercy, wat dis children are been exposed to

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  8. God have mercy, wat dis children are been exposed to

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  9. At least she died fulfilling her god given right to bear arms. iberibe people

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  10. The poor boy must have thought its a toy from watching too much Ben 10 and all the aggressive and violent cartoons they show these days. Gone are the days of educative cartoons like magic school bus and sesame street.

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  11. Hmmmm.....naa waaa oooh

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  12. What is rilly happening in dis world

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  13. What goes around comes around.. only happens when u make ur home a black market..Why keep loaded guns around?................................#KingOfKings #6ixGod

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  14. In another life, she go learn
    Quite unfortunate

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  15. things that happens in this world

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  16. lots of gun kee? is the husband a force man or what? anyway parents pls keep harmful objects out of reach of ur children. is a pity

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  17. RIP Ma'am......Lots of guns? Do dey sell guns? The husband must be an armed robber

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  18. May her soul rest in peace.

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  19. May her soul rest in peace. what else do I said. Am speechless......

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  20. okay, tell me what she was doing lots of loaded guns in her house?..
    Oyinbo n there ways of life..RIP. i pity her kids sha *sobs*

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  21. Linda i notice u o dont post my comments...wat criteria do u use in selecting the comments?

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  22. Pierce Morgan told them (americans). stop gun proliferation.

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  23. hmmm, dis kind thing z shockin

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  24. Hmmm na waooo 4 oiboo life oh, may her soul R I P. Amen

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  25. This is so sad..the need for gun control is a debate that Americans may continue to rage about for a long while. Why would they keep guns all around the house? knowing that they had children at that? Its just so wrong...

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  26. Plz Wat r dey doing with so much guns, may her soul RIP

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  27. Sad event
    That's pathetic

    #Commenting thru Glo 4G LTE

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  28. not surprise! every shit can happen in western world...



    #GodblessNigeria

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  29. Jesus Christ! This is terrible.Parents,pls becareful take any sharp and dangerous object out of the reach of children.

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  30. As horrific as this story is. I can't just stop myself from laughing.

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  31. And they insult Piers Morgan when he talks of gun control! There just too many guns in the American society

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  32. I hate that their gun culture.

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  33. 3 years old? Na wah ooo. richard.yinka190@gmail.com

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  34. Well, they killed a black unarmed teen and said there is nothing wrong with it. The same way their children will kill them. I don't see anything wrong in it. They have murdered sleep. We will only watch and see the evil they will inflict on themselves by their hands and there will be absolutely nothing wrong with it.

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    1. Ara Kugbuokwa Gi Ngaa26 November 2014 at 17:47

      Thank u my dear! Ngwa chop knuckle! Ndi ara!

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  35. Read, study and digest from igotell.com as I believe that each post has a lot to offer you.

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  36. who keeps so many guns @ home?? well RIP to the dead.

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  37. What a tragedy! RIP ma'm! Every advantage has a disadvantage.

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  38. Poor child.. Rip to her.. Soooo sad😥😥😞 onyimadusommy@gmail.com

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  39. Too bad...rest in peace. I wonder how the little boy will feel when grows up to know that he kill his own mother.
    **vianson**

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    1. So pathetic..The toddler thought it was a toy gun and why should they have loaded gun not in safety position under their sofa and everywhere in the house?..chai ! that toddler will Carry the guilt forever..

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  40. chai! children. If we don't take care of them,who will?

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  41. It's a pity this happened. But 1st you got to understand why Americans own guns. It's a provision in the US constitution called the 2nd Amendment. This amendment was created by the founding fathers of the US i.e George Washington and others. This Amendment was created to give people a right to be FREE. This Amendment was created to keep GOVT in check, whereby if a Govt is becoming a Tyranny the citizens need to take up arms & fight the tyrannical Govt. This was why Americans were able to fight the Tyrannical British oppression. This is why Americans believe they did not fight for independence but rather they liberated themselves. Which is why liberation is very different from independence. If you believe you were given independence then you believe you have a master. Independence is what every man has, it should not be given to you by anyone. This is why we own guns, cos no single person or govt should consider itself to be so superior that it has the right to take away another person's right of being independent or freedom.
    - This is why America does not have an oppressive Govt like other countries.
    - This is why because you feel you are superior to me either because you are a chief, millionaire,president, Governor, local govt chairman, senator, Mike Adenuga, Jonathan etc you feel you can take away my rights.
    - This is why you can't come to my house and rob me.
    - This is why because you are military man or police man you feel you are more superior to me and you can harass me and take away my rights as a human being.

    So for most Nigerians who don't know shit about nothing. Enjoy and keep living in your gun free,Govt oppressive society and tell how that is working for you. You might think the British granted you Independence but are you really Independent or FREE. whereby your vote don't count for S#!T, where a policeman/miltary and stop you on the road and slap the S#!t outta you and nothing will happen, where a "BIG MAN" with his sirens can run you off the road.

    Agree having/owning guns comes with its challenges which is why we preach GUN safety but i would definitely not want to live in an oppressive society and i would like to be FREE.

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    1. I sympathize with you if you wrote this long epistle defending the 2nd Amendment that was written donkey years ago for a different generation!
      Unfortunately since Americans value their 2nd Amendment right and refuse to add a little common sense to make it relevant and alive to the current realities in the American Society of the year 2014, senseless and tragic deaths like this would never stop!!!
      So keep your guns, your second amendment and your stand your ground laws after all its one of the benefits of living in a free country!
      Nonsense!!!

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  42. OMG so sad.this is wut president Obama has been fightin against.why wld someone have so many gunz in d house.

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  43. kai!!!
    that boy would carry that guilt with him for a loooong time when he's grown
    smh

    rip dear mother

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  44. D kid will nva b dsame agin

    ~@iamjbankz SA to President Jonathan 2015~

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  45. so terrific! they shouldn't have kept loaded guns in the house since they knew they had little children cos the little boy wouldn't know the difference between real gun and toy gone, well it's a pity she left dat way, may her soul rest in peace.

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  46. parents should be careful the way they keep\hide things at home!!!

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  47. parents should be careful the way they keep\hide things at home!!!

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  48. parents should be careful the way they keep\hide things at home!!!

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  49. parents should be careful the way they keep\hide things at home!!!

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  50. parents should be careful the way they keep\hide things at home!!!

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  51. When guns are turned to toys n house hold appliances, why won't death occur as games n cartoons.... Terrible world.

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