Apparent accidental gunshot kills child
Photographer: Matt Reeb/KSHB
Copyright 2011 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Posted: 01/12/2013
-
By: 41 Action News Staff
BRECKENRIDGE, Mo. -
A 12-year-old child from Breckenridge, Mo., has died after he or she was shot, apparently by accident, inside a home in the tiny Caldwell County town.
The Caldwell County Sheriff’s office released a statement Saturday, saying it was called to a home in the town of less than 400 people about 8:45 p.m. Friday.
Lawmen determined that a 12-year-old boy or girl –- the sheriff’s news release didn’t say which –- had “mishandled a handgun and had suffered a gunshot wound.”
The child was transported by Life Flight helicopter ambulance to the University of Kansas Medical Center, where he or she later died.
In addition to ambulance crews, the call was investigated by officers from the Missouri Highway Patrol and the police departments of Braymer, Hamilton and Cameron, Mo. The Caldwell County Sheriff continues its investigation of the incident.
Copyright 2013 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
PRINT
Latest Missouri News
-
Sedalia storm shelter cracked, leaking
A sump pump is doing all it can to drain water out of a Sedalia storm shelter. But it's having a hard time keeping up because water starts leaking inside every time it rains.
-
Buckner, Sibley have low water pressure
-
Is it you? 2 Missouri tickets worth $1M
-
Mo. bill would extend safe haven law
-
Missouri millionaires sharing the wealth
