A 14-year-old girl has been killed in an accidental shooting in Baxter County. Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery says the shooting Friday evening claimed the life of the girl who is from Jonesboro.
The shooting occurred at a residence on Panther Heights Drive, just north of the intersection of U.S. Highway 62/412 and State Highway 101. The 911 call came from another 14-year-old female, who said she was playing with her father’s gun and accidentally shot her friend.
Deputies and emergency medical personnel found the victim with a single gunshot wound from a small caliber rifle. Attempts to revive the girl were unsuccessful.
Investigators learned the girls were playing in the house, when one of them found the rifle, which she believed to be unloaded. There were no adults home when the shooting happened.
Officials say no foul play is suspected, but as is standard procedure in cases like this, the victim has been sent to the state medical examiner’s office in Little Rock for an autopsy to confirm the cause and manner of death.
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