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Father charged after child, 4, fatally shoots self with unsecured gun, sheriff’s office says

A 4-year-old child died early this month after he shot himself with his father’s unsecured handgun while alone in a vehicle as his parents were inside a store. The father, Angel Padilla Jr., 34, was charged Wednesday following an arrest warrant issued by investigators for criminally negligent hom...

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