Three year old boy accidentally shoots and kills himself.

Why people will be so careless with firearms around children is completely beyond me.

A 3-year-old boy in Tacoma, Washington has shot and killed himself with a gun that was left in the family car while his mother and her boyfriend stopped at a gas station.

Apparently,the family was traveling and had stopped for gas. Before getting out to pump gas, the man put his pistol under the seat while the boy’s mother went inside the station.

Left in the car were her son and her boyfriend’s 5-year-old daughter. The little boy then proceeded to climb out of his child seat, found the gun and shot himself. He was declared dead at a hospital but the girl was not injured.

Detectives questioned the parents and have called the shooting a tragic accident.