Tuxtla Gutierrez (Mexico): A 7-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his 4-year-old sister during a game of cops and robbers in southern Mexico, a spokeswoman for the state Attorney General s office said.
The boy took a loaded gun that belonged to his father, a state police officer, from a table and pointed it at his sister's head, pulling the trigger as part of their game, the spokeswoman said yesterday, who was not authorized to give her name.
Both parents were taken into custody to be investigated for negligence in the town of Tuxtla Gutierrez, she said. The boy was being held by government officials.
