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5-year-old Utah boy dies from accidental, self-inflicted gunshot wound

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SANTAQUIN, Utah (AP) — A 5-year-old Utah boy died when he accidentally shot himself with a handgun in a small town south of Salt Lake City on Thursday. Lt. Mike Wall with the Santaquin Police Department tells KSL-TV the boy found a 9 mm handgun in the back room of his house and fired a single shot. The boy’s parents and siblings were inside the home when the shooting happened but were not with him in the room. They tried to resuscitate him until emergency responders arrived, but he died at the scene. Investigators are trying to determine how the boy got ahold of the gun.

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