Boy fatally shoots mom with gun found in car

Police say the father of a 3-year-old boy who accidentally shot his mother to death in a Chicago suburb will likely face gun charges. Police are confident that the boy fired the weapon but that the gun was the father's responsibility.

The shooting happened Saturday night in the community of Dolton, just south of Chicago. Dolton Police Chief Robert Collins says the boy was sitting in a car seat in the back seat of the car when he somehow found a gun and began playing with it. He says his parents did not know he had the weapon before it fired, striking 22-year-old Daejah Bennett in the neck. Investigators have already determined that the father legally owned the weapon but did not have a concealed carry permit he would have needed to carry it in the vehicle.