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2-year-old fatally shoots himself

Posted: 04.29.2011 at 4:13 PM

The Lake Sun Newspaper is reporting a 2-year-old child fatally shot himself with a small-caliber handgun at his home.

The paper is reporting that the little boy had pushed a chair up to the closet in his parents bedroom. He was able to reach a loaded .380 caliber handgun and died from a gunshot wound to the head. The bullet was found lodged in a wall in the bedroom.

More details can be found on the Lake Sun's website.

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