The 3-year-old son of a San Jose police officer died today after being
accidentally shot with a handgun in the family’s Gilroy home.
According to Gilroy police,
officers responded to the residence in the 7500 block of Kentwood Court at
about 7 p.m. Upon arrival, emergency personnel began performing life-saving
measures on the boy, but he was pronounced dead on the way to the hospital.
Preliminary investigation
determined that the toddler was shot with a handgun, but police have not
released the circumstances of the shooting. The incident occurred while other
family members were home.
The incident remains actively
under investigation by Gilroy Police, the Santa Clara County District
Attorney’s Office, and the Santa Clara County Coroner’s Office. Gilroy police
say the shooting will be investigated to the furthest extent of the law,
including determining how firearms were stored in the residence.