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“The little boy found a gun. He turned around, thought he was playing, said ‘bang bang’. The gun was loaded and killed him,” said a neighbor who observed the incident.
A five-year-old boy accidentally killed his 12-year-old brother after finding an abandoned gun in the woods behind his home in Griffin, Georgia, USA. USA
The incident occurred on Saturday 9 in the late afternoon. According to a statement from the authorities, the boy found the gun while playing with his older brother and thought it was “a toy”. He ended up shooting his brother in the chest, who although he was still transported to a hospital did not resist his injuries and died.
Quoted by WGCL, a CNG affiliate, a family neighbor, who observed the situation, said that “the children were playing peacefully in the backyard.” “The little boy found a gun. He turned around, thought he was playing, said ‘bang bang’. The gun was loaded and killed him,” he added.
The same day, during a DETENTION operation in that area, three men managed to escape from a vehicle and fled behind the houses “in the vicinity of the shooting”, leading authorities to believe that the weapon was abandoned by them. “We will not leave stones unmoved while we search for those responsible for abandoning this weapon,” Police Chief Mike Yates said in a statement from authorities shared on social media.
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