Toddler shoots grandad dead

Canton- A two-year-old boy playing with a loaded gun shot and killed his grandfather. The child found the

Canton- A two-year-old boy playing with a loaded gun shot and killed his grandfather. The child found the .45 calibre gun and played with it behind the chair where the man was sitting. The bullet went through the chair. Thomas Hopps, 55, died in hospital in Canton, Ohio, hours later. The boy's mother was in the room, but neither she nor Mr Hopps could see the boy behind the chair.

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