4-year-old in back of car shoots self while mother smokes marijuana

Published February 1, 2022 10:12pm ET



A 4-year-old Louisiana boy sitting with his siblings in the back of a car shot himself in the head and killed himself Saturday with a handgun while his mother and another adult smoked marijuana in the front.

Jarion Walker, the boy, was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joseph Lopinto said.

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