Toddler, 2, put mum’s loaded pink gun in mouth killing himself thinking it was a water pistol – The Sun

A TODDLER put his mum's loaded gun into his mouth and shot himself dead after mistaking the weapon for his water pistol.

Recovering crystal meth addict Melissa Adamson, 33, was too high to realise what was going on while her two-year-old son Lokhi Bloom was playing with her pink .380 Ruger.

She was jailed for 24 years on Monday over the negligence death of the little boy at their Colorado Springs home in October last year.

After the tragedy, Adamson told cops she'd loaded her pistol following a "threatening visit" from a drug dealer called Beast, reports the Colorado Springs Gazette.

CHILD ABUSE

She claimed to have left the gun in her office while she went into the garage to call her sister.

She said she then heard a bang and returned to the house to find Lokhi had shot himself.

Attempts to revive the toddler were unsuccessful, and he was pronounced dead shortly after.

When cops searched the property they found an axe, drug paraphernalia and two toy guns that Lokhi used to play with.

Adamson admitted a charge of child abuse resulting in death.

She also pleaded guilty to contributing to the "delinquency of a minor" after admitting giving marijuana to two children, according to Colorado Springs Gazette.

Before admitting responsibility, her attorney sought to blame the child’s father, who now lives in Chicago.

Adamson had faced 16 to 26 years under a plea bargain.

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