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A mother has been charged with neglect after her two-year-old son allegedly took a gun from her purse and shot himself while his sister watched.

Keiara Bickett, 28, was charged with felony neglect of a dependent resulting in death and has since lost custody of her nine-year-old daughter.

Indianapolis police responded to a call from Ms Bickett on June 19. She told them that her son Javarius had shot himself in the head.

The horrifying incident unfolded at a CVS car park in the 2300 block of East 46th Street just before 3pm that afternoon.

Court documents reveal that Ms Bickett told police that she had planned on going through the drive through to collect a prescription, but it had been closed.

She told police she was going to go inside instead, and stopped

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