Two year old boy dies after playing with a pistol

Mother Warned Toddler Before He Killed Himself
By DAVID OWENS Courant Staff Writer
1:02 PM EDT, September 19, 2008

GRISWOLD - Shortly before 2-year-old Wyatt Matteau fatally shot himself with his father's .40-caliber pistol, his mother had warned him that touching the gun meant "bad boo boos."

Wyatt had reached for the gun and Rebecca Matteau told him "No!" as she grabbed his hand, according to arrest warrant affidavits.

"Bad, boo, boos," Wyatt repeated to his mother.

But during a moment of inattention -- Rebecca Matteau was using the bathroom and her husband, Jason Matteau, was sleeping in their Jewett City apartment -- Wyatt took the handgun from a nightstand next to his sleeping father and shot himself in the eye. There was usually a gate to keep Wyatt and his sister out of their parents bedroom, but it was not up the morning of Aug. 28, according to the affidavits.
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