5-Year-Old Boy Texas Boy Shot Dead By Another Child

The 5-year-old was accidentally shot in the head in his Texas home Saturday.

The boy and an 8-year-old boy were playing alone in a bedroom when the older boy shot the other child with a .22 caliber rifle, according to police. Denton police responded to the home in the 2700 block of Stockton Street at about 11:40 a.m.

The injured boy was airlifted to Children’s Medical Center in Dallas. His condition is unknown.

Two adults and a teenager were also in the home at the time of the shooting. Police are investigating the incident as an accident.

By: Cheston Catalano

Cheston Catalano is a Kentucky-based journalist whose work has been featured in the Chattanooga Times Free Press and the Clarksville Leaf Chronicle. He is a long-time contributor to Liberaland.