10-year-old boy was alone with his younger sister, found a gun and accidentally shot himself in the head

The boy was with his 8-year-old sister when found, in a drawer the armed charge. At approximately 5:56 p.m., the shooting took place under circumstances unknown at this time.

“Supposedly, there was a gun in a drawer that the miners located and, at one point, the boy discharged the gun on his head“Said the Philadelphia Police Captain, Lee strollo. “We are investigating how the weapon got there and who owns it ”, added.

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The baby ran to a neighbor for help and dial 911.

After emergency services arrived, the child was transported by ambulance to St. Christopher’s Children’s Hospital, where he was declared dead upon admissionat 6:08 p.m. local time.

The neighboring community is affected by the tragic accident. Neighbors, who met the baby, said they were heartbroken.

The police said that, to begin with, the weapon should never have been freely accessible to minors and that the children neither should they be home alone.

Stroll He said the gun should have been “in a locked box and only responsible adults should have the key.”

“Another of our precious children has died as a result of the shooting,” said the police commissioner. Danielle Outlaw it is a statement. “As a community, we all need to do our best to keep guns out of the reach of our children.”

Boy’s father is collaborating with authorities as investigation is ongoing in which it remains to be determined if the weapon has been duly registered.

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Neighbors said NBC10 What Hearing what happened moved them. “It’s sad, as a society we have to come together because our young children shouldn’t have to go through this, ”said Cornell, one of the neighbors of the house where the misfortune happened, NBC Filadelfia.

So far, no charges have been filed, although Legal action against the owner of the weapon is not excluded.

The boy becomes one of 90 minors who have been injured by guns in Philadelphia this year. It should be mentioned that last week a 3-year-old boy was also shot dead when two gunmen they got out of a car in the middle of the street and they opened fire on their father and on another man. The baby survived, but the father and the other injured died.

So far they have arrived at least 264 homicides in Philadelphia so far in 2021, which represents an increase of 35% compared to the same period last year.