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WEBVTT EVER WANT TO RECEIVE. >> WHEN YOU'RE A PARENT, YOU REALLY DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO HAPPEN TO YOUR KIDS OR ANYTHING. IT'S KIND OF SAD WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS. >> IT'S EXTREMELY TRAGIC FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO HAPPEN. IT MAKES YOU JUST WANT TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH YOUR KIDS AND REALLY CHERISH EVERY MOMENT BECAUSE SOMETHING LIKE THIS CAN HAPPEN JUST LIKE THAT. THAT'S HOW IT HAPPENED. >> THE 9111 CALL, A 3-YEAR-OLD GIRL WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND, A TERRIFYING SCENARIO. THE PASTOR'S SON WERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD VISITING. EMRUSHED UP TO HIS CAR SCREAMING. HE CALLED 911 AND TRIED TO HELP. >> HE TRIED TO DO SOMETHING. HE WAS HOLDING UP PRETTY GOOD WHEN I TALKED TO HIM ON THE PHONE. HE SAID HE JUST DID WHAT HE COULD. >> HE WAS TOLD THE CHILD GOT HER HANDS ON A GUN THAT WAS IN A HOLSTER WHILE SOMEONE ON SCENE SAID IT APPEARS IT WAS JUST A SAD ACCIDENT, POLICE EXPLAIN WHY THIS IS NOW A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. >> A GUNSHOT WOUND TO A 3-YEAR-OLD THAT RESULTS IN DEATH WILL ALWAYS SPARK A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. >> I CAN IMAGINE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO RELIVE THIS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER. THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE. >> IN THIS SITUATION, THERE ARE NO WINNERS, EVERYBODY LOSES. COURTIS: NOW AT THIS POINT WE CAN TELL YOU THAT THE NAME OF THAT CHILD HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. WE DON'T KNOW WHO THE OWNER OF THAT GUN, THAT HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED OFFICIALLY. THE OTHER THING THAT WE CAN TELL YOU IS THAT NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED AT THIS POINT. POLICE HAVE QUESTIONED SEVERAL PEOPLE, BUT NO CHARGES. AND FINALLY, YOU KNOW THIS IS A DIFFICULT SITUATION, ESPECIALLY ON FIRST RESPONDERS WHO HAVE TO COME TO THE SCENE AND IMAGINE THAT YOUNG MAN WHO WAS BROUGHT INTO THIS, THE SON. AS A RESULT OF WHAT TOOK PLACE HERE TONIGHT, THE POLICE TOLD ME THAT THERE WILL BE COUNSELING FOR ALLFIRST RESPONDE

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