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You need help where? >> 50 911 help I broke it. >> You're pregnant? >> [clears throat] >> You said you're pregnant? >> Yes, I WAS JUST SHOT. HURRY. >> OKAY, are you you think you're going into labor? >> NO, I GOT >> SHOT? >> SHOT. >> SHOT with a gun? You were shot with a gun? >> Help. >> Okay, where were you? >> WHERE ARE MY KIDS MOM? I'm with the guy who shot me. >> Okay, who shot you with a gun? >> MY 3 YEAR OLD. >> YOUR 3 YEAR OLD? >> [screaming] >> YES. GET IN HERE HE'S RUNNING THIS. >> NORWALK POLICE. LOOK. Norwalk Police. Norwalk Police. Ma'am hold up. Hold up. Where you at? Where you at? Where you at? Secured. >> Grab it. I need help. >> All right. Who's Is anybody shot? >> Me. >> All right. >> In the back. >> In the back don't move. Don't move. >> Help me. >> Okay, don't move. Gun secure. >> In the back. >> Right here. Yeah, up here. You got 30 minutes? Yeah, I got it right here. Wound. Shot in the back. >> Help. Grab the 2 year old help me. >> Hang on. >> How do you know he shot me? >> Stand by. In the back. >> In the back? >> In the back. Right here. Gun secure. >> I secured the gun on >> Woman shot. >> All right. >> Upstairs she's shot in the back. Sedate kid. >> Yes, ma'am. >> I can't breathe. I'm going to get a shove. >> She is. Good. >> Help. I can't. >> Okay. Okay. Just Hang on. Hang on. >> I can't breathe. >> Okay, the worst is over. The worst is over. Just keep breathing. The worst is over. >> I can't breathe. I think IT'S THE ROOM. >> [screaming] >> DON'T MOVE. DON'T MOVE. DON'T MOVE. OKAY. >> WHERE'S THE AMBULANCE? >> They're coming. >> All right. GET THEM UP HERE. >> JUST KEEP DEEP BREATHING. DEEP BREATHING. JUST concentrate on slow, steady breathing. >> Where's the child? >> Slow, steady breathing. >> Where's the child? >> Downstairs. >> Child okay? >> Yep, in the playpen. >> So, is she the one that's injured? >> Yes. >> Do we need an instructor? >> Yes. >> How long is she pregnant? >> Yes. >> How far along are you? >> 33 weeks. >> 33 weeks. >> Help me. >> You're okay. You're okay. What's your name? >> Laura. >> All right, Laura. Here. Hold on to me. Just hang with me here. You're okay. I promise you're going to be okay here. >> 33 weeks along pregnant. She's shot in the back. >> Where at? >> Upstairs. Off the stairs and to the left. Uh shot in the back. 33. She's 33 weeks along pregnant. Yes. We need a stretcher and probably a back board. >> You're okay. So, what? You're breathing. >> I can't talk. >> That's okay. >> I can't talk. >> I just don't want you to move too much if you don't have to, okay? You're You're going to be okay. Just bear with me here, okay? All right, what happened down here? >> I was talking to my mother-in-law. >> Okay. >> And then I was going to paint. >> Okay. >> And my son I didn't realize the gun I didn't realize the gun was out. >> Okay. And he actually shot you with his own weapon? Okay. >> Okay. Right here. >> Right here, guys. Right here. >> Gunshot wound to the back. I don't see an exit. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> Can you hear me, honey? What's your name? >> Laura. >> Okay. Do you want to wait inside? >> I don't know. We can >> You're good, guys. >> You're good. You're good. You feel it in your chest? Okay. >> All right, just hang tight. >> it moving right here. >> Oh. >> I feel it moving. >> I feel it moving. >> You're good. >> Just hang tight. You're good. >> I feel it moving. >> Okay. >> I feel it moving. >> We got two. >> get the extrication stuff. >> All right, honey. I'm going to put some stickers on you. We're going to need to make sure your heart's doing what it needs to right now. >> As officers assessed her injuries, 33-year-old Laura Ilg remained conscious and was able to explain what had happened. She told Patrolman Caleb Cotterel that she had been painting the room when her 2-year-old son somehow got hold of her husband's handgun and shot her in the back. Laura said the firearm belonged to her husband, Alec Ilg, and was normally kept in the bedroom. As she spoke, officers noticed her skin becoming increasingly pale while she clutched her pregnant belly, highlighting the severity of her injuries. >> You can come over to me. Are you Are you >> I'm I'm the husband. I'm the father. >> Husband? The uh your son shot her in the back on accident. North Central's here. The fire department's here. Right now, she's stable. >> Okay. >> We're They're She's going to go to the hospital. She has to go to the hospital. >> And then, we'll keep you updated. Okay? >> Okay. >> Right now, we just got to stay out of their way. >> Okay. >> They got to do their job. Okay? Was it Do you know of any other firearms in the house or >> There is one other. There's a shotgun. >> Okay. >> Um It was It's in my It was in the bedroom along with my gun. I keep it on my nightstand. >> Okay. Um Where was she shot? In the back. >> Okay. Yeah, but like where? Cuz she's pregnant. >> It's like center shot. No exit wound. And it should be in somewhere in the chest cavity is where the bullet sit. >> Okay. >> Let me get your info real quick. I know I know this is a lot going on. >> How was it to try getting in there? >> Uh >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Yeah. Um Up the stairs into the left. Dad's here. >> Dad is? Okay. >> Yes. >> Okay. Good. I wasn't good at I wasn't good with this or like this with my own kid. >> Hi. >> Just need you to stay out here. Okay? If I get any news, I'll update you. Okay? >> Get the stretcher. >> Uh he's going to grab it. Back board, you want a You want a chair? >> Matt stretcher or winner back board? >> All right. Dad, right? Yeah, he's coming. Here, you can come. Father's here. >> Excellent. Sure. Try to keep him calm. >> You shouldn't be in here, man. >> Yeah. >> Yep. >> Oh, we got it. >> Is Matt Hunter there? >> Yeah. >> Park in the back lot. >> Uh-oh. >> Take your drop tubing. >> See if there's tubing in the squad. >> Okay, yep. For that, yeah. Um, do we maybe want a stokes? It's steep stairs. Yeah, the stokes >> I'll come out to you. >> The gun's in my car. >> You know what this is on? >> At least so that doesn't happen. >> [clears throat] >> You feel it in your chest? >> Okay. >> All right, thanks. >> Oh, the tubing's right here. >> Oh, yeah. >> Tell him we got the tubing. Tell him we found tubing. >> We got tubing. >> Yeah, just get the extrication stuff. >> But, uh, I would just go normal speed to the hospital if you need transporting out. >> Tell him we got the tubing. Uh, tell him we found tubing. >> Okay. >> Hey, we found tubing. >> We need room to slide stuff through here. So nobody TRIPS AND FALLS. >> HERE, WE GOT WE GOT IT. HAND HERE. >> BRING ON THE scoop stretcher. >> Looks stable right now. Um I don't know quite know. >> What's the blood loss so far? >> Huh? >> What's the blood loss so far? >> Not a lot. No No. >> Minimal? >> Blood loss? >> Blood loss? >> Yeah, very minimal. >> Okay, so when I made my assessment this is what I got. It was minimal. >> Yeah. What were you in the Marines? >> What's that? >> What were you in the Marines? >> I was a medic in the tree. So I got my cross training in uh in medical settings and stuff to treat. >> Okay. >> I'm going to leave the bed. >> No. Okay, honey. >> Here, how do you know? >> I got you. >> She's having some tingling in her legs, so >> Turn on the fan. >> Okay. >> All right, dear. I know. All right, I know, hon. I know. It's not It's going to suck. I'm sorry. I know. >> What's that? Can't breathe, okay. >> You got You got her feet? I'll go down behind. >> Slide her. >> Yeah. >> I'll get the slider. Slide down the stairs. >> Yep. >> Corporal got sergeant after being out. >> Okay, so >> Yeah, with like sergeant stripes and >> Yeah. >> Yeah, sergeant is three up with the crossed rifles. >> Got you. I wouldn't know. I only know the rank insignia. >> Yeah, yeah. >> Yeah. >> Yeah, that's a little different. >> I saw. >> Okay. >> So you're aware. >> Yeah, I noticed that. >> Sorry, but there's no way to get her >> All right. >> But I wouldn't have it any other way. >> Have to swing it? >> Yep. >> Just swing it that way? >> Okay. >> I don't know. >> All right. I I got you here. >> that way. >> Yep. Yep. >> Keep sliding her there. >> Yeah, we got it. >> All right, I got her here. I'm just going to slow slide her, okay? >> Yep. >> Push her toward me. I got her there. I got her. I got her. Hold on. A little bit more. Yep. Yep. Yep. >> I'm good. >> I'm good. >> So, my feet good? You okay? >> Yep, you're good. >> Okay. You're going to have to >> I got her. I got her. One more step. One more step. Right your left down. >> Okay. You good, man? Slight slide. Step down. >> Yep. >> Got that? >> Yep. >> I just want to see how they're going to try to bring it down. >> Yeah, they're sliding her right now. >> Yep. Yep. You good? Spin it, guys. Spin it. Turn it. >> Yeah, turn it around. >> Spin her around. >> Okay, that's good. Set her there for a second, woman. Okay, we got you, honey. >> Okay. >> We're getting there. >> Uh >> Um can I get back in there? Make sure everything's out of there. >> Yeah, that's good. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, guys, we're good on the strap. >> Make sure everything's out of there. Her phone is up here on the chair. Do you want that? >> Yes, please. >> All right. >> Oh no, I want mommy. >> Yes, well we'll see your mommy in a minute, okay? It's right here on the chair. >> I can't see anything. >> Is that your [ __ ] firearm? >> What's that? >> Is that one of your guys' [ __ ] firearms? >> Yeah, it's in her one of our vehicles. >> Uh I got two over here. >> That's good. That's good. >> Anybody in there with the kid? >> Uh did he come out? What's his name? >> No idea. >> Sir? Hello, are you still in here? Or did he go towards his car? >> Lauren, how's your breathing right now, honey? Still hurting really much to breathe? >> Oh. >> This is not going to close. >> Okay. >> There we go. I put it in my car. >> What what's the gun? >> Uh so looks like it's 9 mm. Yeah, 9 mm. >> You have that? >> Yeah. >> Laura Ilg and her unborn son both died from the gunshot wound. Investigators recovered the SIG Sauer P365 pistol from the bedroom along with the spent shell casing and turned the case over to detectives for further investigation. After reviewing the evidence, authorities determined the shooting was a tragic accident and no criminal charges were filed. The heartbreaking case serves as a stark reminder of how a single unsecured firearm can change a family's life forever, underscoring the importance of keeping firearms unloaded, locked, and out of the reach of children.

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