A man with a loaded gun in a diaper bag shot himself and his daughter
while changing his daughter’s diaper in a vehicle in Vestavia Hills,
Alabama, police said.
CNN affiliates report the incident happened Saturday afternoon, either
at or near a Chuck E. Cheese’s pizza parlor in the Birmingham suburb.
The father, who was not identified, was in the back seat of a vehicle
changing the girl’s diaper, and the gun went off as he picked up or
reached inside the bag, which was sitting on the floorboard, Vestavia
Hills Police Department spokesman Capt. Johnny Evans said.adventuridge picnic cooler bag
After the gun went off, the bullet traveled through the adult’s leg
and then the child’s leg before lodging in the man’s chest, Evans said.
The child is going to be OK. Her father is in serious condition, he said.
CNN affiliate WBMA reported the shooting happened near Chuck E.
Cheese’s, while another affiliate, WBRC, said it occurred in the parking
lot of the child-themed pizza and gaming center.
John and Ashley Gerrard of Bessemer were at Chuck E. Cheese’s with their
2-year-old when the shooting happened, leaving them worried for their
daughter’s safety, WBRC reported.
“You don’t expect anyone would bring a gun around where kids would be. It just doesn’t make any sense,” John Gerrard told the station.
