Caroline Starks, 2, was fatally hit in the chest by her sibling’s .22 calibre rifle only moments after their mother stepped outside their home in Burkesville, Kentucky, yesterday.
Today the children’s grandmother Linda Riddle said: “It was just a tragic accident.
“I just know she is in heaven right now and I know she is in the good hands of the Lord.”
The boy, who has not been named, had been given the Crickett gun, branded “My First Rifle” as a gift.
The maker’s website features three different .22-calibre rifle models for children, with shoulder stock colours ranging from pink to red, white and blue swirls.
Cumberland County Coroner Gary White said the gun was kept in a corner and the family didn’t realise a shell was left inside it.
“It’s just one of those crazy accidents,” White said.
The shooting comes as President Obama continues to press for stricter gun controls in the wake of the Sandy Hook elementary school massacre that left 20 pupils and six teachers dead in December.
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