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 A 7-year-old boy was flown to a Knoxville hospital Monday after being shot in the head by another child in what Crossville, Tenn. authorities say appears to have been an accident. A University of Tennessee Medical Center spokeswoman said she could not confirm if the child had been taken there. When the child apparently tried to remove the magazine from the gun, it fired, striking the boy, police said. The shooting was reported shortly before 3 p.m. when four children were left unattended in a car while their mother and stepfather were paying a bill at a business on U.S. Highway 127 North, according to the Crossville Police Department. During that time, investigators discovered that one of the children found a loaded semi-automatic pistol inside their mother's purse. The Cumberland County District Attorney General's Office and the Department of Children's Services have been notified and are involved in the investigation.
– A 7-year-old boy is dead after being shot in the head by a sibling when their parents left them alone in the car Monday afternoon in Tennessee, WBIR reports. According to NBC News, four children were waiting in the car outside a Verizon store while their mother and stepfather paid a cellphone bill when one found a loaded handgun in their mother's purse. Police say the child was attempting to unload the gun when it went off in a "tragic accidental shooting." The bullet struck the 7-year-old in the head, and he died hours later at the hospital, WBIR reports. According to the Knoxville News Sentinel, authorities are not releasing the ages of the other children in the car or any of their names. The Department of Children's Services is investigating the incident, WBIR reports.