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<p>AP photo/komonews.com The gas nozzle is seen still attached to the vehicle where a 3-year-old boy fatally shot himself with a gun at a gas station early Wednesday in Tacoma, Wash. Police said the boy fatally shot himself with a gun he found in the vehicle after the father put his pistol under the seat and got out to pump gas while the mother went inside the convenience store. It was western Washington's third recent shooting by a child.</p>

<p>AP photo/komonews.com The gas nozzle is seen still attached to the vehicle where a 3-year-old boy fatally shot himself with a gun at a gas station early Wednesday in Tacoma, Wash. Police said the boy fatally shot himself with a gun he found in the vehicle after the father put his pistol under the seat and got out to pump gas while the mother went inside the convenience store. It was western Washington's third recent shooting by a child.</p>

March 15, 2012

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Death of toddler third gun accident in three weeks
March 15, 2012 9:15 p.m.

Death of toddler third gun accident in three weeks

SEATTLE (AP) - A 3-year-old scrambled out of his child seat after his parents stopped for gas early Wednesday, found a gun police say was left in the car by his father and fatally shot himself in the head.