Yet another tragedy of easy weapons in the United States.
The latest incident occurred in Kentucky, where a 5-year-old boy was shot dead by another 7-year-old boy. The two are brothers, the local press explains, the drama occurred in home of the two.
Police were alerted of the shooting at a Jackson County home around 5.30pm local time on Monday, when officers arrived for the boy there was nothing they could do. Attempts to revive him were useless.
“It's a tragedy every time something like this happens. There are no words to describe what this family is going through,” a state trooper said.
The Kentucky tragedy is just the latest of multiple incidents of accidental shootings between children this month: In early June, a 4-year-old girl was accidentally shot and killed by another boy in Illinois, a week after a 6-year-old shot his little brother twice after getting hold of a gun in Detroit. The little boy was hospitalized for his injuries but survived. And also this month, a 3-year-old boy died after accidentally shooting himself in Tennessee.
(Unioneonline/L)
