Tributes to mother shot dead by her toddler son

A relative of the woman who was accidentally shot and killed by her two-year-old son at a US supermarket says she was a “loving mother”.

The Kootenai County sheriff’s department has identified the victim as 29-year-old Veronica Rutledge, of Blackfoot, Idaho.

She was shopping with her son when the boy reached into her bag and grabbed a small-calibre handgun, which discharged once.