A 4-year-old boy died after he took a gun to his room and it accidentally discharged, hitting him in the head in Merrillville, Ind. police said.
It happened at 8:11 a.m. in the 6400 block of Cleveland Street, when the child took a gun from the bedroom of his parents and went back to his room with the gun, which discharged and hit him in the head, police said in a statement.
The child, Cash Irby, Jr. was pronounced dead at 8:47 a.m. at Methodist Hospitals Southlake Campus after authorities responded to his home at the Cleveland Street address, according to the Lake County, Ind. coroner's office.
Cash suffered a gunshot wound to the head during an accidental shooting, according to the coroner's office.
Both parents were home at the time as well as two siblings – a 4-year-old and a 1-year-old, police said.
An investigation is under way by police and Child Protective Services.
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