Idaho Woman Shot by Son at Walmart Remembered as Scientist, Loving Mom
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Idaho Woman Shot by Son at Walmart Remembered as Scientist, Loving Mom (ABC News)
The young woman who was accidentally shot and killed by her 2-year-old son with her own gun is remembered as a loving mom and a scientist who was a star student at her rural high school in Idaho.
Veronica Rutledge, who police say died after her toddler removed a concealed handgun from her purse at Walmart and shot her, worked at the Idaho National Laboratory. She was also a responsible gun owner, her father-in-law said.
Terry Rutledge described the 29-year-old woman as a "beautiful, young, loving mother" in an interview with The Associated Press. Mom Shot, Killed By 2-Year-Old Son at Walmart"She was not the least bit irresponsible," he said. "She was taken much too soon."
Rutledge, who lived in Blackfoot, Idaho, died at the Hayden store Tuesday. She grew up about an hour away in St. Maries, where she was the valedictorian of her class at Kootenai High School, according to ABC affiliate KXLY. She graduated from North Idaho College with a chemistry degree in 2010, according to a commencement program, and has since been listed as a researcher or author on multiple scientific papers.
"The lab is very saddened by this tragic event and we offer our deepest sympathies to the family," Nicole Stricker of the Idaho National Laboratory told ABC News in a statement.
Rutledge and her husband, Colt Rutledge, married in 2009. Facebook photos show her in hunting gear or posing outside or with her son, as friends and family members post mournful messages.
Police said her son was sitting in a shopping cart in the electronics section of the Walmart when he removed the gun from her purse and fired the weapon just once, killing his mother instantly.
Walmart called the woman's death a "very sad and tragic incident" and said it is working with the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office to investigate the incident
i have never spent much time with a toddler but how is that even possible?
sad story JJ.
There was also a story i heard of a Marine in Texas who shot his best friend in the head while watching a football game bc he was trying to scare him bc he had the hiccups
Another candidate for the darwin awards here, no doubt...
Too bad modern society ruins Natural Selection... this woman already procreated... kid will be raised by someone else or the state. Dumber people have more kids instead of less. Idiocracy, here we come.
it would have been devastating if the check out girl, or the next person in line was shot. This was definitely not responsible gun ownership. Dumb people like this are part of the reason people want to take guns away.
All you people who use this as "proof" that Americans shouldnt be able to carry, can gtfo of the US...I carry in walmart and I'm probably more intelligent than anyone in this thread...I know that's not saying much, but you guys just don't understand what you are saying...or maybe you do and you just have an anti gun rights agenda...
...this lady clearly underestimated her childs curiosity, sad, but I'm not about to even think about giving up my right to carry...
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