Illinois Woman Shot And killed By 4-year-Old Who Found Gun – Marita Hile, 64, of Westville, Illinois, was shot around 12:30 p.m. Sunday while driving near a gas station in Tilton, Illinois, said investigators with the Vermilion County Sheriff’s Department.
Authorities are investigating after a woman was shot by a 4-year-old child over the weekend.
Officers said Hile and the child, a relative of the woman, were traveling in the car when the child found a gun. The child accidentally fired the gun into the driver seat and hit Hile, according to the Champaign County coroner.
Hile crashed the car into a sign at the gas station. She was taken to an Urbana, Illinois, hospital, where officers said she died from the gunshot wound.
The incident is under investigation.
We express our sympathy and deepest condolences to Hile’s family today and in the days, weeks, months, and years that are to come as they cope with his passing. May his soul rest in peace.
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