Woman shot, killed at Walmart in Idaho by 2-year-old son

A woman was accidentally shot and killed at a Walmart store in northern Idaho on Tuesday when her 2-year-old son pulled a loaded handgun from her purse that then
went off, a county sheriff said.

The 29-year-old woman was shopping at a Walmart in Hayden, Idaho, with the toddler seated in her shopping cart when the incident occurred, Kootenai County Sheriff Ben Wolfinger said in a written statement.

Sheriff´s officials said investigators were still processing the scene of the shooting, which took place shortly after 10 a.m. in the store´s electronics department.

The woman´s identity was withheld by authorities pending notification of next of kin."A very sad incident occurred at our store today in Hayden involving the death of a female customer.

We are working with the Kootenai Sheriff´s department as they investigate what
happened," Walmart spokeswoman Brooke Buchanan said.

Buchanan said the store had been closed and would remain so until further notice.Hayden is a community of about 10,000 people located in Kootenai County, north of Coeur d´Alene.