LOUISA COUNTY, Va. (WINA) – A two-year-old Louisa County boy is dead after he was shot by his 4-year-old brother, who thought the gun he was playing with was a toy.
Tyler “Ty” Aponte suffered a shot to the chest at around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 22. He was rushed from his Bakers Branch Road home to University of Virginia Hospital, where he was pronounced dead a few hours later.
The mother was home and the children’s father at work when it happened. Other details are still under investigation.
Major Donnie Lowe with the Louisa County Sheriff’s Office says the case serves as a reminder of the importance to keep guns secured and out of children’s reach.
