A 7-year-old boy fatally shot his 2-year-old brother after finding a gun in the glove box, according to authorities in California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The shooting unfolded just before 4 p.m. Monday in the cab of a truck that was in a parking lot in Rancho Cucamonga, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The shooting appeared to be accidental, sheriff’s department spokesperson Gloria Huerta told ABC News.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The boys\u2019 mom had just parked at a shopping center and was outside of the car, unloading items to bring inside, at the time of the shooting, Huerta told Los Angeles<\/a> ABC station KABC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The investigation is ongoing; once completed, a report will be sent to the district attorney’s office for review, the sheriff’s department said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The type of gun and its registration information have not been released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Gun safety is a huge responsibility, but it is also a moral obligation that we have to our children,” Huerta told KABC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hundreds of children in the U.S. unintentionally shoot themselves or someone else every year, according to the nonprofit Everytown for Gun Safety<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last year, there were 411 accidental shootings by children — the highest number Everytown for Gun Safety had seen since it began tracking the incidents in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So far this year, there have been at least 270 unintentional shootings by children, causing at least 99 deaths, according to the organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n