KC toddler shot, killed while riding Big Wheel

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A 3-year-old was shot and killed while riding his Big Wheel peddle tricycle, authorities said.

Police said the child's adult male cousins were fighting in a front yard Wednesday night when both brandished guns.

A shot was fired, and the toddler was hit in the back. The toddler's mother rushed her son to a hospital, where he died, police said.

The cousin who is suspected of firing the fatal shot fled. Authorities didn't immediately release the name of the cousin or the toddler.