8-year-old boy shot and killed by 5-year-old brother inside Arkansas home

An 8-year-old boy was shot and killed by his 5-year-old brother Thursday at an Arkansas home in what the native sheriff known as a “tragic accident.”

According to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, deputies had been dispatched to a residence following a 911 name of a reported capturing involving a younger youngster.  Inside the home, deputies discovered an unresponsive 8-year-old boy, who was declared useless on the scene by the coroner.

Investigators didn’t launch any particulars about led as much as the capturing however imagine it was unintended.  Sheriff Lafayette Woods Jr. mentioned the capturing “could have been avoided” and advised the gun was not correctly secured by the proprietor.   

“I can’t emphasize strongly enough that guns need to be well secured and kept out of the hands and away from children at all times,” Woods mentioned in a news release. “Gun owners that do not properly secure their firearms are just one split second away from one of these tragedies happening in their home.”

The physique of the 8-year-old might be despatched to the state health worker’s workplace for an post-mortem because the investigation continues, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.  

According to information analyzed by advocacy group  Everytown for Gun Safety, thus far this yr there have been at the very least 126 unintentional shootings by kids within the U.S., leading to 55 deaths and 78 accidents.

Just final month,  an 8-year-old boy by accident shot and killed a 1-year-old woman and injured a 2-year-old woman at a Florida motel.