3-year-old dies after accidentally shooting himself in his father's car in Polk County, sheriff says

A 3-year-old boy died after accidentally shooting himself with a firearm inside his father’s vehicle in the parking lot of a Burger King restaurant in Bartow Thursday night, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. According to Sheriff Grady Judd, the incident happened around 6:30 p.m. as the father and son arrived at the restaurant’s drive-thru on the 100 block of East Van Fleet Drive to buy food. While trying to pay, the man had trouble with his credit card and decided to move the vehicle to park. At that point, as he leaned over to check the card, the gun he had concealed at his waist began to bother him. According to authorities, the father removed a Glock pistol from his waistband and placed it inside the vehicle. The child, who was in the back seat, allegedly picked up the gun and began handling it until it fired, striking him in the face. The boy was taken to Lakeland Regional Health, where he was pronounced dead. “This is a horrible tragedy,” Judd said a