Teenager dies after accidental shooting in Earle

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     (AP) – Authorities in east Arkansas say a 16-year-old boy fatally

shot himself when a handgun he was putting in his waistband accidentally

discharged.

     The Crittenden County Sheriff’s Office says the fatal shooting happened Monday

night at a home in Earle. Deputy of investigations Todd Grooms tells the

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that the boy was leaving a friend’s house when the

shooting occurred.

     Grooms says the .25-caliber semi-automatic handgun fired as the teen was

placing it in his belt, striking the boy in the abdomen.

     The teen was taken to a hospital in Wynne, where he died. His name has not yet

been released.




   

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