10-Year-Old Shoots 13-Year-Old Relative in Face While Playing With Unattended Gun in Bedroom
A 10-year-old shot a 13-year-old relative in the face while playing with a gun over the weekend, according to law enforcement. During a family cookout in Nacogdoches, Texas, on Sunday, the two children picked up a .380 semi-automatic handgun left unattended in a bedroom at the back of the home, the Nacogdoches County Sheriff's Office wrote in a statement on Monday.
While playing with the weapon, the 10-year-old accidentally discharged it, striking the teenager in the face, according to police. The bullet exited the teen beneath the ear. Police responded to the home at about 7 p.m., after receiving a report of the shooting. Upon arrival, they found family members rendering first-aid on the teenager, according to the statement.
Family members told officers the children were shooting a gun under adult supervision earlier in the day. The sheriff's office and Texas Department of Child Protective Services are investigating the shooting.
The police did not make clear which, if any, charges were being filed in the shooting.
In Texas last month, a 4-year-old boy accidentally shot himself and a 2-year-old after getting hold of a handgun. He fired the gun, and a bullet passed through his arm and struck the toddler.
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