Toddler, two, accidentally shoots and kills his mother while playing with his father's loaded gun in Brazil
Footage of the incident showed the boy grabbing the firearm from a table and fooling around with it before pulling the trigger as his mother turned to look at him.
The couple appeared to be so deep in conversation they failed to notice their son had the Glock 9mm pistol in his hands until it was too late.
The victim was shot in the chest and arm, and initially seemed to have survived as she stood up to examine her wounds, while the youngster dropped the gun and ran towards her.
She then followed the youngster and fell to the ground dying while her desperate husband tried to assist her.
The 27-year-old woman has been named and pictured in Brazilian media as Deborah Rodrigues Monteiro.
Police have confirmed her husband, who had a license for the weapon, will face manslaughter charges but will remain a free man while the investigation against him continues.
It was not immediately clear if he would continue to be able to look after his son or whether the youngster would be taken into local social service care.
The incident happened in the small town of Rio Verde De Mato Grosso in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso Do Sul.
Local police chief Danielle Felismino confirmed the gunshot victim had been taken to hospital where she was pronounced dead.
The weapon she was killed with and ammunition have been seized by detectives.
The event was captured on the couple's home camera which looked onto the veranda where the family was relaxing.
The autopsy is understood to have taken place yesterday morning although the results have not yet been made public.
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