4-year-old fatally shoots sister, wounds brother
by AP
Link to ArticleA 4-year-old boy who found a loaded gun in the house shot and killed his 5-year-old sister and seriously wounded his 7-year-old brother Saturday, police said. The children were home alone at the time, police spokeswoman Cpl. Diane Richardson said. "It's a terrible situation that probably could have been avoided," Richardson said. Neighbors called police and the girl was taken to a hospital, where she died. Her 7-year-old brother was in critical condition at another hospital. Authorities said the parents were at one of the hospitals late Saturday, but it was unclear which one. The 4-year-old boy was in police custody late Saturday, Richardson said. "We're still trying to determine where the parents were," at the time of the shooting, she said. Richardson said the parents could be charged for leaving small children unattended and for leaving the gun where the children could find it. These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. If you have accounts on these bookmarking sites, you can post this story to share it with others.
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