Marques Green, 3, dies firing mom's handgun into his own chest in Ohio

 Posted on March 5, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  362 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

A three-year-old boy died after firing his mother's handgun into his own chest after finding it in her purse.

Marques Green was declared dead Thursday evening after discharging the semi-automatic weapon, which his mother, Elizabeth Green, had been carrying around with her.

In a call to 911 dispatchers, a frantic Green told that she had put her purse down after getting back to her home in Hamilton, Ohio, and heard a shot moments later.

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Distress: Elizabeth Green is seen here dressed in white being comforted by police officers after her three-year-old son Marques shot himself in the chest in Hamilton, Ohio

Distress: Elizabeth Green is seen here dressed in white being comforted by police officers after her three-year-old son Marques shot himself in the chest in Hamilton, Ohio

Investigation: A policeman is seen walking out of Green's house holding a handgun, which he then bags up as evidence

Investigation: A policeman is seen walking out of Green's house holding a handgun, which he then bags up as evidence

She said: 'My son just shot himself and I'm not getting a pulse. Oh my God, oh, my God, I'm not getting a pulse... I don't think he's alive!'

Neighbors speaking to the WCPO local tv station described the distraught woman screaming and clutching her wounded child outside her suburban home in the wake of the killing.

Witnesses described her repeated 'my baby, my baby' over and over again. Early Thursday evening a detective was seen leaving the house with a small, black gun, which he put into an evidence bag.

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Share 1.8k shares Scene: Green said she had just got home, and put down her purse with the gun inside, which Marques found and used on himself

Scene: Green said she had just got home, and put down her purse with the gun inside, which Marques found and used on himself

Officials released the 911 audio Friday, which features a dispatcher trying to talk Green through giving her son CPR.

However, it soon became clear their efforts were in vain. After a while she said: 'His eyes are open, but he's out.'

Local prosecutors said that Green could face charges in her son's death. The matter will be put before a grand jury, who will decide whether to indict her.

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