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A 1-year-old was accidentally shot and wounded on Sunday while playing with his 3-year-old brother in a North Carolina home, authorities said.
Members of the Lincoln County Sheriff received a call around noon about a baby boy killed in a home in Lincolnton, about 40 km northwest of Charlotte, officials said.
The brothers and sisters were playing in the house when they found a .380 caliber handgun in their parents' bedside table, the authorities said. According to the Raleigh News & Observer, the father of the children told the authorities that he was smoking outside when he "heard a loud noise" and ran inside the place where he found his wife and children in their room.
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The sheriff's office said the bullet had grazed the skull of his 1-year-old son, but that "we believe the bullet did not get into the skull".
The child was taken to Atrium Health in Charlotte for treatment, the press release said. No other details have been revealed about the extent of his injuries.
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The police were still investigating the incident.
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