Florida boy, 14, ‘shoots big sister dead after row over Christmas presents’

The house where the woman was shot dead, allegedly by one of her younger brothers (Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office/AP)

A Florida woman holding her 11-month-old son in a baby carrier was shot dead by her 14-year-old brother while trying to defuse a row over Christmas gifts he was having with a 15-year-old brother who was also armed, authorities have said.

The 15-year-old then shot the 14-year-old, though not fatally, for killing their sister on Sunday in Largo, Florida, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.